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Prof. Dr. George Dimitrov is a Managing Partner of Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. Law Firm and Head of its Information and Communication Technologies Law Practice Group. For many years he has been advising blue-chip technology companies, government institutions, and key policy-making NGOs. He has gained sound experience in restructuring companies, mergers and acquisitions, financial and industrial projects implementation and management, litigation and arbitration. He is consistently praised as one of the world’s leading practitioners by all independent legal editions and directories. Being a renowned academic scholar, Prof. Dimitrov has been teaching in all premier universities in Bulgaria.
• He has been involved as a lead partner in a high profile ground-breaking case including the emergency consulting and legal due diligence of 90% of the credit portfolio of a the fourth biggest Bulgarian bank under special supervision – Corporate Commercial Bank AD, the later debt collection including through insolvency (with a gross value of more than EUR 1.3 billion) and advising the insolvent bank’s conservators and syndics in the process of payment of BGN 3.6 (EUR 1.8) billion worth of compensations due to more than 108 thousand depositors of the bank by the Bulgarian Bank Deposits Insurance Fund;
• Lead partner in a legal and regulatory advice to a leading tech-based non-banking credit institution on the launching of a number of unique consumer financing services for providing microcredits through new and unexplored market channels. The counselling involves the legal aspects of the users’ remote identification, the remote concluding of loan agreements, the verification of the parties’ e-signatures and the communication between them, compliance with the consumers’ protection and anti-money laundering rules, as well as the specific regulatory requirements pertaining to consumer financing. The project is innovative with regard of the fact that it resulted in the development and marketing of a one-of-a-kind financial service unique for the Bulgarian market.
• Banking
• Financial services
• Insurance
• Investment management
• Media
• Pharma and life sciences
• Utilities
Sofia Bar Association (SBA)
Member of the Bar Council
International Bar Association (IBA)
Regional representative for Bulgaria of the International Technology Law Association (ITECHLAW)
Member of the World International Technology Lawyers (World IT Lawyers)
2014 - “Professor of Law and Information Technologies” at the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2002 – 2008 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, ICRI, Belgium, PhD in Law
1990 – 1994 Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Law, LL.M., cum laude
2001 – Center for American and International Law, Dallas, Texas; Victor Folsom Fellow of the Academy of American and International Law
2001 – American Bar Association ABA/CEELI, Specialized mediation skills training
1993 – University of Delaware BC, Economics of the Financial Sector Advanced Programme
1986 – 1988 Technical University, Sofia, Qualification Program on Microcomputer Technology and Programming
ICT Law:
• Dimitrov, G., E-Justice – concept and principles of the reform, Legal World (Praven Svyat), June 2014 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Donova, V., Recent developments in Bulgarian Media Law, Media Law International, 2014 (EN);
• Dimitrov, G., Legality of Spam Filters and Black Lists. Privacy in Germany. Erich Schmidt Verlag, May 2014, Issue 03.14, p.108-111 (EN);
• Dimitrov, G., Storage, Protection and management of data in the Cloud and Big Data: legal and licensing aspects. Computerworld, March 2014, p. 3-5 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., E-justice in Bulgaria. Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review. Pario Communications Limited, Vol. 10, October 2013 p.97-103 (EN);
• Dimitrov G., Petrova M., E-justice – guarantee for effective judicial system. Iniciatives in Bulgaria, Moldova Legal Journal, October – November 2011 (RU);
• Dimitrov, G. Implementing the Bulgarian Data Protection Act concerning the Lawyer's Profession. Lawyers Review. Vol. 3, 2010, Sofia, p.3-6 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G. Bulgaria Adopts Revolutionary E-governance Act. I-Ways Journal of E-Government Policy and Regulation, Vol. 31, 2008, p.147-152 (EN);
• Dimitrov, G., Model for Evaluation, Protection and Management of Intellectual Property in Technology Transfer – Practical Steps, Sofia University, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, 2008 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G. Legal aspect of Electronic Signatures in Bulgaria, E-signature Law Magazine, Vol. 2, December 2004 (EN);
• Dimitrov, G., The New Telecommunications Act in Bulgaria, Banks, Investments, Money, Vol. 9, 2003 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., The new Law on Electronic Commerce Provides Protection against SPAM, Electronic Bulletin of “Dimitrov, Petrov & Co.”, 2003 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Ivanova, M., On the Necessity of Usage of E-signatures for E-banking, Market and Law Magazine, Vol. 11, November 2003 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Ivanova, M., Assignment of Low-value Public Procurements (below BGL 10 000) by Electronic Means, Market and Law Magazine, Vol. 7, July 2003 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Legal Regime of the Contract for Internet Access, Market and Law Magazine, Vol. 3, March 2003 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Practical application of Electronic Signatures. Basic Electronic Signature, Market and Law Magazine, Vol. 2, 2003 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Practical application of Electronic Signatures. Basic Electronic Signature, Market and Law Magazine, Vol. 1, February 2003 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Some Legal Regime of E-commerce in Bulgaria, Market and Law Magazine, January 2002 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Legal Nature and Protection of Domain Names, Market and Law Magazine, February 2002 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Feature Report – Bulgarian E-signature Law - Analysis, BNA’s Eastern Europe Reporter, Vol.11, October 2001 (EN);
• Dimitrov, G., Transmission of Voice over Internet – Legality under the Telecommunications Act, Business and Law Weekly Appendix to Pari Daily Newspaper, Vol.40, October 2001 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Legal Regime Of Internet Telephony Under Bulgarian Law, World Internet Law Report, June 2001 (EN);
• Dimitrov, G., Electronic signature - prerequisite for development of the capital market, Pari Daily Newspaper, Issue 86, 2001 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Petrov, B., The New Law on Electronic Document and Electronic Signature, Society and Law Magazine, April 2001 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., The Law on e-signature will stimulate the development of e-commerce, Electronic Bulletin of “Dimitrov, Petrov & Co.”, 2001 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Vassilev, V., Registration and Maintenance of Bulgarian Top-level Domain Names, World Internet Law Report, March 2001 (EN);
• Dimitrov, G., Draft Law on Electronic Documents and Electronic Signatures in Bulgaria, World Internet Law Report, February 2001 (EN).
Bankruptcy:
• Dimitrov, G., Bankruptcy Crimes – Failure to Payment to Bankrupt Merchant, Market and Law Magazine, Issue 10, October 2001 (bg)Dimitrov, G., Bankruptcy Crimes – Negligent Bankruptcy, Market and Law Magazine, Issue 9, September 2001 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Bankruptcy Crimes – Negligent Bankruptcy, Market and Law Magazine, Issue 9, September 2001 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Bankruptcy Crimes – Intentional Bankruptcy, Market and Law Magazine, Issue 8, August 2001 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Bankruptcy Crimes – Non-filing for Bankruptcy, Market and Law Magazine, Issue 7, July 2001 (BG);
• Dimitrov, G., Vassilev, V., Recent Legislative Amendments to Bankruptcy Legislation, Eastern European Forum Newsletter, July 2001 (EN);
• Dimitrov, G., Vassilev, V., Recent Amendments to the Bulgarian Bankruptcy Legislation – Recovery Plan Proposal, Adoption and Approval, Global Insolvency & Restructuring Review, March/April 2001 (EN).
Others:
• Dimitrov, G., Vassilev, V., Recent Legislative Amendments to the Bulgarian Commercial Act, Eastern European Newsletter, January 2001 (EN);
• Dimitrov, G., Vassilev, V., The 2000 Bulgarian Foreign Exchange Act Examined, Eastern European Newsletter, December 2000 (EN);
• Dimitrov, G., Prokopieva, V., Bulgaria Opens Doors for Investment: Eastern European Newsletter, November 2000 (EN).