Trivia Legal Advice is a team of specialists who have worked more than 10 years in the field of protection of competition, having with extensive experience in antitrust law analyses (prohibited agreements, decisions and concerted practices, abuse of dominant position) of concentrations between undertakings, unfair competition and procurement.
Rumiana Angelova Karlova
Position: Owner / Manager
e-mail: r.karlova@legatri.bg
Education:
Master of Law – Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 1990;
Master of European Integration – New Bulgarian University, joint programme with the Centre for European Studies and the College of European Law, Bruges, Belgium.
Qualification courses:
Training at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, 1998
Practical workshop at IV Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission, 1995
Training at the national competition authority of Germany (Bundeskarttellamt), 1992
Professional Experience:
Member of the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC)
Director of Directorate for Prohibited Agreements, Decisions and Concerted Practices. Sector Analysis” (CPC)
Director of Directorate for Legal and Economic Analysis (CPC)
Head of Legal Department (CPC)
Expert in Monopoly and Abuse of Dominant Position unit (CPC)
Additional activities:
Arbitrator at the International Commercial Arbitration Court – Sofia
Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the National Council for Self-Regulation
Consultant at magazine “Trade and Competition Law” of Publishing House “Trud I Pravo”
Publications:
“The new law on protection of competition”, Publishing House “Trud I Pravo”, ISBN: 978-954-608-162-9, 2009, co-author
Violations of the prohibition on abuse of a dominant position in the field of natural monopolies (Article 21 of the Protection of Competition Act) – magazine “Commercial and Contract Law”, issue 4/2015.
Preliminary ruling in cases involving the application of antitrust rules – magazine “Commercial and Contract Law”, issue 6/2014.
Commercial communications to reduce prices and their impact on consumer demand – magazine “Trade and Competition Law”, issue 5/2011.
“Imposition of provisional measures in the field of unfair competition. Prohibiting and suspending the spread of advertising” – magazine “Trade and Competition Law”, issue 19/09
“Freelance professions and competition law” – magazine “Trade and Competition Law”, issue 1/2007.
Monograph titled “Prohibited agreements, decisions and concerted practices in the Bulgarian competition law and harmonization with European competition rules” – published by the Institute for Economic Policy, 2000.
“Defining the geographic market within the control of concentrations in the Protection of Competition Act” – magazine “Labour and Law”, issue 1/2000
“Criteria used in the analysis of dominant companies” – supplement to newspaper “Economic life”, issue 44/96
Professional experience and areas of activity:
Prohibited agreements and concerted practices
Abuse of monopoly and dominant position
Economic and legal due diligence for mergers and acquisitions of companies
Unfair competition
Procurement
Languages: English, German, Russian, Bulgarian – mother tongue
Radostina Emilova Georgieva
Position: Senior Consultant/Finance Manager
e-mail: r.georgieva@legatri.bg
Education: University of National and World Economy (UNWE) – Sofia, Master in Economics and Finance, 1998
External expert in the list of the Public Procurement Agency (PPA) – Number: BE-1360
Qualifications and courses:
“European competition law and policy” – PHARE 2001 – 2002
“Unilateral rejection of trade and essential facilities” – Federal Trade Commission, 2003
“State Aid” – International Institute – Maastricht – the Netherlands, 2005
“Mergers and Joint Ventures” – European Commission – DG Competition – Belgium, 2006
“Financial management of the company” – Publishing complex “Trud I Pravo” – Ireland 2010
“The new elements in the legal framework of public procurement” – Publishing complex “Trud I Pravo” – Sofia, 2012
“The new law on public recommendations” – Legal Consulting – Sofia, 2016
Publications:
“The importance of economic analysis used in competition law”, magazine “Trade and Competition Law”, 2011
“Predatory pricing”, magazine “Trade and Competition Law”, 2011
Professional experience and areas of activity:
Public procurement
Economic and legal due diligence for mergers and acquisitions of companies
Abuse of monopoly and dominant position
Unfair competition
Prohibited agreements and concerted practices
Languages: English, German, Bulgarian – mother tongue
Ivaylo Dimitrov Georgiev
Position: External consultant
e-mail: i.georgiev@legatri.bg
Education: Master of Law – Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2002
External expert in the list of the Public Procurement Agency (PPA) – Number: BE-1359
Qualifications and courses:
Certificate of participation in a workshop on the practical application of the Public Procurement Act, Centre for European Training Ltd, 2010
Practical issues of procurement management, National Institute of Public Procurement, 2010
New elements in the legal framework of public procurement, National Consulting Centre “Reshenie” Ltd, 2012
Practice and latest developments in the implementation of the Public Procurement Act (PPA), TBM Consulting Ltd, 2013
Latest amendments to the Public Procurement Act. Practice of Public Procurement Agency, Commission for Protection of Competition and the Supreme Administrative Court , Lega Consulting, 2014
New elements in the legal framework of public procurement. Practice of Commission for Protection of Competition and the Supreme Administrative Court, Kitov centre 2016
Professional experience and areas of activity:
Public procurements
Languages: English, Bulgarian – mother tongue