PwC Legal Bulgaria Partnership

Employment Law / Regulatory / Compliance

Manager

Bilyana Ruseva is a Manager at PwC Legal Bulgaria, where she leads the Employment Law team. With over 16 years of post-qualification experience, she is a trusted adviser to local and international clients across the full spectrum of employment law, data privacy, and workforce-related regulatory compliance. Her career spans international and major Bulgarian law firms as well as in-house counsel roles, giving her a uniquely well-rounded perspective that bridges legal strategy with operational business reality.

Core Expertise

Employment Law — Comprehensive advisory across all aspects of individual and collective employment matters, from hiring through termination and everything in between Data Protection — Specialist knowledge in employee data protection, privacy policies, and cross-border data processing in the workplace context Workforce Regulatory Compliance — Strategic counsel on evolving regulatory obligations, including: Whistleblowing frameworks and internal reporting channels Pay transparency and equal pay compliance Employee representation and works council matters Workplace policies, codes of conduct, and internal investigations Strategic Workplace Advisory — Guidance on complex, sensitive workplace issues

Bilyana's distinctive strength lies in her dual perspective — having practiced both as an external adviser at top-tier firms and as an in-house counsel embedded within business operations. This enables her to deliver advice that is not only legally rigorous but also practical, commercially aware, and immediately actionable.

English, Bulgarian

Registered in the Bulgarian Bar

University of Sofia, Faculty of Law (LL.M., 2008)