our people
Partners
Practice areas:
Property, Investments & Privatisation, Dispute resolution
Education:
LLM in Law, Sofia University (1978)
Accountancy, Business Academy of Svishtov (1990)
Admitted to the Bar in 1998
Chartered as a receiver (syndic) in 2000
Career:
Investigator in Veliko Turnovo investigation office (1978 - 1986)
Judge in Pleven District Court (1987 - 1991)
Judicial inspector (1991)
Judge with the former Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Cassation (1991 - 1998)
Attorney-at-law in Kolev & Mihaylova Law Firm (1998 - 2002)
Currently serving a term as a Chairman of Sofia Regional Court (2005 - )
Memberships: Bulgarian Bar Association
Languages: Russian
E-mail: ivan.kolev@kpblegal.com
Practice areas:
Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Environmental Law
Education:
LLM in Law, Sofia University (1992)
Admitted to the Bar in 1994
Chartered as an intellectual property representative in 2004
Chartered as a receiver (syndic) in 2005
Career:
Lecturer in English legal terminology at New Bulgarian University (1993-1995)
Attorney-at-law in Interlex Law firm (1994 - 2002)
Legal consultant of numerous projects funded by USAID, Phare Programme, World Bank, EBRD
Lecturer on the first Continuous legal education project of the Supreme Bar
Council and ABA CEELI
Memberships: Bulgarian Bar Association, Lions Club "Sofia - Izgrev"
Languages: English, Russian
E-mail: vesselina.petrova@kpblegal.com
Practice areas:
Commercial Law and Taxation, Intellectual Property
Education:
LLM in Law, Sofia University (1992)
Diploma in Commercial law from the College of Law - London (1997)
Admitted to the Bar in 2000
Career:
Lecturer in Legal regime of advertising, copyright and industrial property at New Bulgarian University (1993-1995)
Legal consultant and Attorney-at-law in Interlex Law firm (1994 - 2002)
Lecturer on the Continuous legal education projects of the Supreme Bar Council and ABA CEELI
Contact person for the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation
Memberships: Bulgarian Bar Association, European Lawyers Association - National Representative
Languages: English, Russian, French
E-mail: george.bivolarsky@kpblegal.com
Associates
Practice areas:
Commercial Law and Investments
Education:
LLM in Law, Sofia University (1991)
PhD in Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology (2003)
Career:
Legal consultant - Ciela Ltd. (1991 - 1995)
Lecturer on Commercial law, Theory of Law and Sociology of Law in Sofia University and Plovdiv University (1997 - present)
Visiting scholar at International Law Institute, Washington (2000)
Visiting scholar at Moscow Academy for Political Studies (2002)
Senior Legal Expert with the Parliamentary Commissions on legal issues since 1995
Non resident expert with the International Center for Nongovernmental Law in Washington.
Memberships: European Law Centre with the Parliament - member of the Management board
Languages: English, Russian
E-mail: ivo.hristov@kpblegal.com
Practice areas:
Commercial Law and Property, Investments & Privatisation
Education:
LLM in Law, Sofia University (1994)
Master in Public Administration at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands (1994)
Admitted to the Bar (1998)
Career:
Counsellor at law at Interlex Law firm (1994 -1998)
Memberships: Bulgarian Bar Association
Languages: English, German, Russian
E-mail: nicoletta.lingorova@kpblegal.com
Practice areas:
Commercial Law and Property
Education:
LLM in Law, Sofia University (2002)
Admitted to the Bar (2004)
Career:
Legal assistant at Interlex law firm (1998-2002)
Legal Trainee (2002 - 2004)
Memberships: Bulgarian Bar Association
Languages: English, Russian
E-mail: asya.georgieva@kpblegal.com
Practice areas:
Commercial Law and Property
Education:
Blagoevgrad University (2003)
Career:
Chartered as a receiver (syndic) in 2005
Memberships: Bulgarian Bar Association
Languages: Russian
E-mail: stoina.koleva@kpblegal.com
Practice areas:
Property
Education:
LLM in Law, Sofia University (2007)
Career:
Legal Trainee (2004 - 2007)
Memberships: Bulgarian Bar Association
Languages: English, French
E-mail: ivana.koleva@kpblegal.com
Of counsel
Violina Bakurdjieva - practicing as a commercial and litigation lawyer in Plovdiv since 1992
George Amudjiev - practicing as a commercial and litigation lawyer in Varna since 1993
Ivan Kolev
Practice areas:
Property, Investments & Privatisation, Dispute resolution
Education:
LLM in Law, Sofia University (1978)
Accountancy, Business Academy of Svishtov (1990)
Admitted to the Bar in 1998
Chartered as a receiver (syndic) in 2000
Career:
Investigator in Veliko Turnovo investigation office (1978 - 1986)
Judge in Pleven District Court (1987 - 1991)
Judicial inspector (1991)
Judge with the former Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Cassation (1991 - 1998)
Attorney-at-law in Kolev & Mihaylova Law Firm (1998 - 2002)
Currently serving a term as a Chairman of Sofia Regional Court (2005 - )
Memberships: Bulgarian Bar Association
Languages: Russian
E-mail: ivan.kolev@kpblegal.com
Vesselina Petrova
Practice areas:
Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Environmental Law
Education:
LLM in Law, Sofia University (1992)
Admitted to the Bar in 1994
Chartered as an intellectual property representative in 2004
Chartered as a receiver (syndic) in 2005
Career:
Lecturer in English legal terminology at New Bulgarian University (1993-1995)
Attorney-at-law in Interlex Law firm (1994 - 2002)
Legal consultant of numerous projects funded by USAID, Phare Programme, World Bank, EBRD
Lecturer on the first Continuous legal education project of the Supreme Bar
Council and ABA CEELI
Memberships: Bulgarian Bar Association, Lions Club "Sofia - Izgrev"
Languages: English, Russian
E-mail: vesselina.petrova@kpblegal.com
George Bivolarsky
Practice areas:
Commercial Law and Taxation, Intellectual Property
Education:
LLM in Law, Sofia University (1992)
Diploma in Commercial law from the College of Law - London (1997)
Admitted to the Bar in 2000
Career:
Lecturer in Legal regime of advertising, copyright and industrial property at New Bulgarian University (1993-1995)
Legal consultant and Attorney-at-law in Interlex Law firm (1994 - 2002)
Lecturer on the Continuous legal education projects of the Supreme Bar Council and ABA CEELI
Contact person for the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation
Memberships: Bulgarian Bar Association, European Lawyers Association - National Representative
Languages: English, Russian, French
E-mail: george.bivolarsky@kpblegal.com
Associates
Ivo Hristov, Ph.D
.Practice areas:
Commercial Law and Investments
Education:
LLM in Law, Sofia University (1991)
PhD in Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology (2003)
Career:
Legal consultant - Ciela Ltd. (1991 - 1995)
Lecturer on Commercial law, Theory of Law and Sociology of Law in Sofia University and Plovdiv University (1997 - present)
Visiting scholar at International Law Institute, Washington (2000)
Visiting scholar at Moscow Academy for Political Studies (2002)
Senior Legal Expert with the Parliamentary Commissions on legal issues since 1995
Non resident expert with the International Center for Nongovernmental Law in Washington.
Memberships: European Law Centre with the Parliament - member of the Management board
Languages: English, Russian
E-mail: ivo.hristov@kpblegal.com
Nikoletta Lingorova
Practice areas:
Commercial Law and Property, Investments & Privatisation
Education:
LLM in Law, Sofia University (1994)
Master in Public Administration at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands (1994)
Admitted to the Bar (1998)
Career:
Counsellor at law at Interlex Law firm (1994 -1998)
Memberships: Bulgarian Bar Association
Languages: English, German, Russian
E-mail: nicoletta.lingorova@kpblegal.com
Asya Georgieva
Practice areas:
Commercial Law and Property
Education:
LLM in Law, Sofia University (2002)
Admitted to the Bar (2004)
Career:
Legal assistant at Interlex law firm (1998-2002)
Legal Trainee (2002 - 2004)
Memberships: Bulgarian Bar Association
Languages: English, Russian
E-mail: asya.georgieva@kpblegal.com
Stoina Koleva
Practice areas:
Commercial Law and Property
Education:
Blagoevgrad University (2003)
Career:
Chartered as a receiver (syndic) in 2005
Memberships: Bulgarian Bar Association
Languages: Russian
E-mail: stoina.koleva@kpblegal.com
Ivana Koleva
Practice areas:
Property
Education:
LLM in Law, Sofia University (2007)
Career:
Legal Trainee (2004 - 2007)
Memberships: Bulgarian Bar Association
Languages: English, French
E-mail: ivana.koleva@kpblegal.com
Of counsel
Violina Bakurdjieva - practicing as a commercial and litigation lawyer in Plovdiv since 1992
George Amudjiev - practicing as a commercial and litigation lawyer in Varna since 1993