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Work History
Education
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Rumyana Yanakieva

Legal Counsel
Sofia,Sofia-city

Summary

Committed and creative professional with specialty in administrative and competition law. Highly skilled in legal research. Expertise in mediation, arbitration and settlement negotiation.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Legal Counsel

STRABAG EAD
, Bulgaria
04.2021 - Current
  • Analysis of public procurement contracts and management of preparation and submission of documents for
    participation in public procurement procedure in Bulgarian CAIS system.
  • Preparation of contracts for purchase and sale/delivery of materials, assignment of construction activities.
  • Preparation of General Contract Terms..
  • Preparation of legal opinions in the field of construction law, regulations for public procurement, labour law, civil law.
  • Work with contracts for assignment of construction and installation works in application of FIDIC contractual conditions.

Legal Consultant

Bulgarian Natural Gas Association
, Bulgaria
01.2018 - 05.2021
  • Participated as a member of the conciliation commission for alternative dispute resolution in the energy sector to the Consumer
    Protection Commission;
  • Drafted new Articles of association and minutes of meetings of the bodies of the Association;
  • Prepared internal rules on the matters of AML;
  • Made numerous submissions to the Commercial Register and register of Non-Profit Legal Entities;
  • Successfully appealed unlawful refusal of the Commercial Register and register of Non-Profit Legal Entities;
  • Provided legal consultations on proposals for changes of the legal framework in the naturals gas sector.

Corporate Legal Counsel on Commercial and Competit

Overgas Mrezhi AD
Sofia, Bulgaria
06.2015 - 04.2021
  • Contributed to the drafting of numerous legal submissions on contract and competition law in a private arbitration before ad hoc tribunal to the International Chambers of Commerce.
  • Advised a team of English solicitors on Bulgarian Law application to a legal dispute held before the High Court of Justice, London, England for a period of 2 years.
  • Managed daily communications with two English Law firms during a period of 3 years, as well as monthly payments of invoices.
  • Participated as member of internal commissions for evaluation of bids of candidates under Bulgarian Public Procurement Law;
  • Prepared legal opinions on matters of energy law, protection of fair competition, consumer protection, company law, public procurement law.
  • Successfully defended the legal interests of the company in cassation court cases in relation to annulment of unlawful administrative acts.
  • Defended claims on civil litigation matters, submitted requests for issuance of orders for payment, as well as procedures for enforcement of receivables and claims for illegal termination of employment contracts;
  • Drafted: contracts for purchase and sale of goods, transfer of intellectual property rights, provision of different kind of services, NDAs.
  • Prepared legal opinions on financial and corporate law, as well as other necessary documents (contracts, writings in the book of shareholders etc.) on restructuring of shareholdings.

Legal Intern

Overgas Inc. AD
Sofia
07.2014 - 09.2014

Legal Intern

Ministry of Justice
Sofia
10.2012 - 11.2012

Legal Intern

National Office for Legal Assistance
Sofia
09.2012 - 10.2012

Education

Master of International Relations - European Union Law

Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Sofia, Bulgaria
05.2019 - 05.2020

Master of Law - Law

Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Sofia, Bulgaria
09.2008 - 02.2015

Skills

Drafting of legal documents, Thinking out of the box Quick processing of large amounts of information, Analytical, Accountability, Integrity, Empathy

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Accomplishments

  • Managed the collaboration between a team of 20 executive level employees and external lawyers in a high stake matters - commercial arbitration with suppliers, civil litigation with international element, complaints to the EU Commission on competition law matters.
  • Achieved effective management of the budgets for international disputes and complaints.
  • Successfully represented and defended the legal interest of my employers in court cases.
  • Achieved electronization of the company's Minutes of General Meeting of the Shareholders by introducing OCR scanning software.
  • Acted as an advisor in taking key decisions for the operations of companies from legal point of view.

Courses

Introduction to the Rules of Arbitration (09/2021 - 12/2020), Bulgarian Chamber of Commers and Industry

Contract Law: From Trust to Promise to Contract (10/2021), online, edX

Introduction to Project Management (10/2020), online, edX

Energy Markets of Today (07/2020), online, EdeX

Competition Law and Regulation in the Energy Sector, Brussels (11/2019)
The Legal Framework of the National and European Consumer ADR, Sofia (04/2019 - 05/2019)

Competition Law and Regulation in the Energy Sector, Brussels (11/2018)

Personal Projects

Chair of the Council of 432 Hertz Foundation (01/2018 - Present)
Consulting on the matters of granting and raising funds by the Foundation, providing pro-bono legal advice, drafting of contracts, communicating
with national administrative bodies in relation to the other activities of the Foundation.


Managing a social media page on health and wellness (11/2013 - Present)
Mastered my skills for communication with strangers and developing a feeling of a community, learned to apply marketing strategies for ad
placement and content generation in order to achieve my goals in social media.

Timeline

Legal Counsel

STRABAG EAD
04.2021 - Current

Master of International Relations - European Union Law

Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
05.2019 - 05.2020

Legal Consultant

Bulgarian Natural Gas Association
01.2018 - 05.2021

Corporate Legal Counsel on Commercial and Competit

Overgas Mrezhi AD
06.2015 - 04.2021

Legal Intern

Overgas Inc. AD
07.2014 - 09.2014

Legal Intern

Ministry of Justice
10.2012 - 11.2012

Legal Intern

National Office for Legal Assistance
09.2012 - 10.2012

Master of Law - Law

Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
09.2008 - 02.2015
Rumyana YanakievaLegal Counsel