YNG LEGAL - Key Persons
As a young legal assistant who is currently pursuing studies at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Alexandra Dogandzhiyska brings a fresh perspective and unwavering enthusiasm to our team.
With a focus on continuous learning, she is an active participant in various moot court competitions, now preparing for the Telders International Moot Court Competition, in The Hague in spring 2024. She and our colleague Jessica will represent Bulgaria at this competition. The team will have only two more people.
Alexandra's strong possession of English and her dedication to the moot court trials, enables her to effectively analyze foreign legal documents, treaties, and court practice.
Passionate about public law and arbitration, she contributes meaningfully to our firm's cases and provides comprehensive legal solutions. An integral part of her role within the firm is assisting our team in providing thorough research the most relevant and up-to-date information regarding specific law matters, including Sport arbitration, Public International law and Real Estate law.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Dedicated Team
- Attorney - at - Law
Attorney-at-law Atanas Pavlov has acquired hands-on experience on consulting a number of international clients in the field of corporate law - transfers of shares, mergers, acquisitions, changes in corporate structure and management between multiple jurisdictions (Cyprus, Israel, Belgium, UK, North Macedonia, etc.) as well as commercial transactions, dispute resolution and the following enforcement proceedings.
He handles the full anti-money laundering (AML) compliance of clients, including developing internal policies, training of management and staff, etc.
Atanas is one of our experts in property law - he has vast experience in due diligence of real properties, drafting preliminary contracts and notary deeds both for buyers and sellers. His interests in the field of law also include competition protection, solar energy and crowdfunding.
Before joining our team, Atanas worked for one year as a Fulbright intern at Sofia Regional Court and Sofia City Court and for three more years at another law firm specialized in corporate law and real estate. As a law student he has also taken part in two international competitions in the field of international criminal law - one in Nuremberg and one in Hague.
In addition to that Atanas has successfully completed training on issues related to arbitration at the Court of Arbitration at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Fields of expertise: tax law and structuring, VAT, transfer pricing, revisions, and appeal of revision acts.
Attorney-at-law Dimiter Gochev specializes in coordinating international tax projects with tax consultants in different jurisdictions. He has worked on the tax structuring of numerous projects in mergers and acquisitions, including the reorganization of one of the leading banks on the Bulgarian market, as well as the acquisition of several trading centers in the country.
Dimiter provides consultations regarding tax treatment of local businesses providing goods and services abroad - regarding taxing at the source, double taxation agreements, place of business and transfer pricing.
Dimiter is a full-time teaching assistant, teaching International public law at the Faculty of law in Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". He has authored books and articles on international and tax law.
Field of expertise: family law, inheritance law, contract law, administrative law
Assistant attorney Filena Vasileva is passionate about court representation and regularly takes part in various proceedings by drafting different legal documents during the case. She performs in-depth case law analysis on challenging cases and also supports the overall court case work process.
Filena has participated in the work process on different cases which allowed her to gain a solid foundation of experience. She is flexible and quickly gets ahead even with tasks which are not in her fields of expertise.
The team can rely on her as she's always there to unite the colleagues no matter the work pressure.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Dedicated Team
- Partner
Fields of expertise: technology law, intellectual property, personal data protection and GDRP compliance, financing of technology start-ups, commercial contracts negotiation.
Attorney-at-law Ivan Genchev's main focus of expertise is the innovation and technology sector. His experience is two-folded from working with big technology multinationals on their international commercial transactions to advising start-ups and scale-ups for their corporate structure, clients acquisition strategies and financing opportunities.
Ivan provides guidance on issues related to the technology sector such as compliance with the regulatory framework or contractual set-up to better protect companies' intellectual property or acquire new clients.
He graduated from the Sorbonne University in Paris, France and has a second Master's degree in International Business and Trade Law from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, USA after being selected for a Fulbright scholarship from the US Department of State and the Bulgarian-American Commission for Educational Exchange.
Graduated SU "St. Kliment Ohridski" in 2017, attorney-at-law Ivan Velkov specializes in enforcement proceedings, and assists our clients in difficult moments - collection of delayed payments, liquidation and insolvency.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner
- Member of the Dedicated Team
Attorney-at-law Ivan Yankov is the moving force of the YNG Legal team. He's the one always coming up with new ideas and directing the processes and the development of our law firm.
Ivan is one of the leading experts on intellectual property law in Bulgaria. He provides complete legal service for "ArtistAuthour" - a large Bulgarian collective management organization. Ivan has participated in the drafting of over 100 applications for patents, designs and trademarks. He has taken part in legal proceedings between copyright holders and users (TV channels, radio stations, advertising agencies, etc.).
Ivan also provides consultations on complicated issues regarding cryptocurrencies, block-chain technology, and coordinates the issues of applying block-chain regulations in multiple jurisdictions worldwide (China, the USA, the EU, South Africa, Singapore, Canada, Russia and Belarus).
Ivan is a licensed appraiser of intellectual property under the Chamber of Independent Appraisers in Bulgaria.
Field of expertise: obligation law, property law, commercial law, family and inheritance law
Assistant attorney Iveta Ivanova consults on various legal topics, she prepares opinions and contracts.
She makes legal analysis of contracts related to the activities of payment service providers. Iveta also participates in the preparation of deals with real estate by preparing preliminary contract and notary deeds.
She actively participates in the process of legal representation in civil cases and has successfully completed training in general consumer law.
Job Titles:
- Member of the European Law Students Association
- Paralegal
Jessica Spasova combines work, study, extracurricular activities and charity with enviable success. Only in her third year of law studies at Sofia University, she has already participated in two national human rights competitions and is about to participate in a third competition, this time in the field of international law - the Telders International Moot Court Competition, in The Hague in spring 2024. She and our colleague Alexandra will represent Bulgaria at this competition. The team will have only two more people.
In addition, since her first year, Jessica is an active member of the European Law Students Association (ELSA) and has participated in the organization of two summer educational exchanges for law students from Europe and two charity balls: one for the "Bulgarian Christmas" charity initiative and one for the "Stoyan Kambarev" Foundation.
Aside from her formal activities, Jessica has also volunteered at a nursing home in her home city Plovdiv, where she shared her Saturdays in games and conversations with the residents.
Jessica says that exactly helping people is one of the things that makes her feel really good and fills her with meaning. It's actually the reason she took the path of law that eventually led her to the YNG Legal team. So, with the experience she already gained during her student years so far, Jessica went on to the next more significant level of her development as a professional, this time helping people in need with her legal expertise.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Dedicated Team
- Partner
Attorney-at-law Ognyan Nenchev has over 10 years of experience in public procurements. He prepares tender documentation in accordance with the Public Procurement Act for different types of contracting entities - municipalities, hospitals and state/municipality-owned companies. He has participated in over 20 projects on behalf of the contracting entity.
Ognyan has also worked on behalf of contractors, by managing the process of preparing documentation, representation in tenders, and appealing results before the CPC and administrative courts.
Upon award of a public procurement contract, Ognyan ensures the legal side of the performance process, working with sub-contractors, and coordination with the contracting entity.
Field of expertise: corporate law, intellectual property protection, property law, AML compliance, labor law, tax law, administrative litigation.
Assistant attorney Stanimir Borisov is skilled at providing advice regarding the incorporation, structuring and restructuring of legal entities as well as consulting on the aspects of commercial deals and corporate structuring, related to the relevant tax and insurance legislation.
Stanimir also provides comprehensive legal advice regarding the creation and transfer of property rights on immovable property. He also prepares full anti-money laundering (AML) documentation and advises on any communication with the competent authorities.
He has participated in various procedures in front of the Bulgarian Patent office, the EUIPO and the WIPO. He provides a wide range of consulting services to our clients.
Attorney-at-law Tanya Hubanova specializes in working with payment solutions providers. For them and other clients she performs comprehensive and in-depth legal analysis of contracts and provides consultations to clients, developing their business in the field of innovations.
In addition to that Tanya assists our clients in the preparation and conclusion of real estate transactions and provides consultations in the fields of labour and social security law.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Dedicated Team
- Partner
- Vice President of the Disciplinary Commission of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Attorney-at-law Viktoria Yankova has more than 10 years of experience in the fields of corporate law (banks, commercial representatives, manufacturers and others) and the activity of non-profit legal entities.
She takes part in consultations regarding the transposition of European directives into national legislation in the fields of commercial and corporate law, electronic management, etc.
Viktoria represents individuals and legal entities before the Bulgarian courts in legal disputes regarding the effects of contracts, claims for compensation from illegal activities of state authorities, merchant insolvency, contestation of administrative acts.
She also provides consultations on labor issues, prepares all necessary labor documentation for an enterprise with regard to protecting both parties' interests.
Besides all that Viktoria is the Vice President of the Disciplinary Commission of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, member of the Legal Commission of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, an arbitrator at the Bulgarian Sport Arbitration.
Thanks to her wide expertise, she also organizes and prepares documents related to general meetings of sports federations.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Dedicated Team
- Attorney - at - Law
Field of expertise: start-up and scale-up business and legal structuring, intellectual property, telecommunications and technology (incl. cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology), personal data protection (GDPR and cross-border data transfers), anti-money laundering compliance
Attorney-at-law Yordan Vladov participated in drafting more than 100 applications for patents, designs and trademarks worldwide. He provides consultations and legal advice to artists, actors, writers and other creators with regards to the protection of their copyright and related rights. He has participated in the negotiation, resolution, and maintenance of relations between rights holders and users of copyright material. Yordan has been closely working with collective management organizations, providing both IP consultations and general legal advice, as well as participating in various working groups drafting propositions for amendments to Bulgarian copyright legislation.
Yordan also provides consultations regarding cryptocurrencies and coordinates issues of complying with blockchain regulations worldwide. He has consulted clients in the field of cryptoassets and blockchain technology with regards to the applicable anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) regulations and fraud prevention, ensuring compliance and cooperation with government authorities.
He is a leading expert in the field of personal data protection and privacy regulations with experience in both domestic and EU-wide regulations.