Diliana Ilieva

Attorney-at-law, Managing Partner

E-mail: diliana.ilieva@ivlawfirm.com

Practice areas:

Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Media and Telecommunications, Intellectual Property, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Litigation, Arbitration

Projects:

Ranking:

2019 – Legal500 in Corporate & M&A, Dispute resolution, EU & Competition, Technology, Media & Telecommunications

2019 – Chambers & Partners Europe in Corporate and Commercial

2019 – Chambers & Partners Global in Corporate and Commercial

2018 – Chambers & Partners Europe in Corporate and Commercial, Energy

2018 – Chambers & Partners Global in Corporate and Commercial

2017 – Chambers & Partners Europe in Corporate & Commercial, Technology, Media & Telecommunications

2017 – Chambers & Partners Global in Corporate and Commercial

2016 – Legal500 in Corporate Law and M&A

2016 – Chambers & Partners Europe in Corporate and Commercial, Energy, Technology, Media and Telecommunications

2016 – Chambers & Partners Global in Corporate and Commercial

2015 – Legal500 in Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A, Litigation, EU & Competition, Energy including Natural Resources

2015 – Chambers & Partners Europe in Corporate and Commercial, Energy, Technology, Media and Telecommunications

2014 – Legal500 in Corporate & M&A, Dispute resolution, EU & Competition, Energy Projects (including Natural Resources), Technology, Media & Telecommunications

2013 – Legal500 in Corporate M&A, EU & Competition, Energy, including Natural Resources, Technology, Media & Telecommunications

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Education:

2004 Media Law specialization, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University, USA

2003 “Media ownership and its impact on media independence and pluralism in South East Europe and EU accession countries”, Bled, Slovenia

1997 International Economic Cooperation, University for National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria

1995 LLM Law Faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

Carrier:

2017 – present Industrial Property Professional Representative with EUIPO

2010 – present Media Law Lecturer in University for National and World Economy

2010 – present Industrial Property Representative at the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria

2004 – present Expert at the Center for Law of the information and communication technologies (CLICT)

2003 – to date Attorney-at-law, Managing Partner Ilieva, Voutcheva & Co. Law Firm

2001 – 2008 Board of Directors Member of New Television – First private channel

2001 – 2008 Participation in the working groups for amendment of the Radio and Television Act

1997 – 2003 Attorney-at-law, Managing Partner API Consult Ltd.

1996 – 1997 Sofia City Court Legal Trainee

Memberships:

2013 – Chairman of the Appeal Committee to the National Council for Self-regulation
October 2012 – Member of the Appeal Committee to the National Council for Self-regulation
2010 to date – Member of the Board of Directors of Globalaw
2009 – 2010 – Member of the Ethics Commission of the National Self-regulation Council
1997-to date – Member of Sofia Bar Association

Languages:
Bulgarian, English and Russian