Mrs Kina Chuturkova > Boyanov & Co. > Sofia, Bulgaria > Lawyer Profile
Boyanov & Co. Offices
82 PATRIARCH EVTIMII BOULEVARD
1463 SOFIA
Bulgaria
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Mrs Kina Chuturkova
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
• Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution
• Litigation, Arbitration, Contracts, Pharma, IP Rights.
Career
• Partner, BOYANOV & Co. (2002 – to date);
• Judge in the Supreme Court of Cassation (Chair of the Commercial Division, 1994 – 2002), Sofia City Court (1991 – 1994), Sofia Regional Court (1984 – 1990); Sofia City Court (Junior Judge, 1981 – 1983).
Languages
Bulgarian, English, Russian.
Memberships
• Sofia Bar Association;
• Member of the Board of the Centre for Research and Education of the Bulgarian Supreme Bar Council;
• Member of the Bulgarian Association for European Law;
• Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration at the Bulgarian Industrial Chamber.
Education
• Faculty of Law, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, MA in Law (1979);
• Course on the American Judicial System and Workshop on Judicial Restructuring at the Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, USA (1992);
• Human Rights Law and Practice Program at the University of Birmingham, Great Britain (1994);
• Training Programme on European Community Law (2002).
Leisure
Reading, hiking.
Lawyer Rankings
Bulgaria > Healthcare and life sciences
Boyanov & Co. is well regarded in the healthcare and life sciences space for its stellar client roster of pharmaceutical manufacturers, generics companies and pharmacies. The firm has extensive experience relating to Bulgarian and EU regulations in the pharma sector and is therefore well placed to advise on a broad range of market access issues, intellectual property protection and trade mark registration, patent litigation and commercial disputes regarding the sale of medicines and pharmaceutical price regulation matters. Dispute resolution expert Kina Chuturkova represents pharmaceutical clients in litigation and international arbitration proceedings, while Peter Petrov uses his regulatory and EU law expertise when advising landmark clients such as Pfizer, Merck and AbbVie on an ongoing basis. Nedyalka Novakova further strengthens the team’s offering.
Bulgaria > Intellectual property
(Leading partners)The highly regarded intellectual property department at Boyanov & Co. is engaged by domestic and foreign clients from the technology, pharma, banking and finance, and food and beverages sectors. The firm offers a comprehensive range of IP services, including representing clients in alternative dispute resolution and litigation proceedings relating to the infringement of trade marks, patents, copyright and industrial designs, and in transactions related to IP agreements, IP licensing and the transfer of copyright. Practice head Stela Sabeva has extensive experience across a host of IP matters and leads on various patent prosecution cases for pharma clients. Other key practitioners in the practice area are expert litigator Kina Chuturkova and Marina Mollova, who covers a range of IP issues across the consumer goods, life sciences, industrial products and entertainment industries.
Bulgaria > EU and competition
Boyanov & Co. handles the full spectrum of competition law matters, ranging across merger clearance processes, cartels and unfair competition where the team frequently appears before the competition authority and the courts. It also assists clients with dawn raids and compliance advice. The firm’s impressive work portfolio recently included obtaining merger clearance for the acquisition BNP Paribas Personal Finance on the behalf of Eurobank, a high-profile matter in the consumer credit and personal finance area. The highly rated Peter Petrov leads the practice, which is further enhanced by litigator Kina Chuturkova and Dr. Nikolay Kolev who combines corporate and competition expertise. Junior team member Adriana Bakalova is also noted.
Bulgaria > Dispute resolution
(Hall of Fame)Major Bulgarian banks, aviation companies and energy, real estate and construction companies regularly turn to Boyanov & Co. in litigation cases, for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) advice and in international arbitration proceedings, where they have appeared before the Supreme Court of Cassation and the Supreme Administrative Court. Kina Chuturkova heads up the dispute resolution practice and is highly regarded for her knowledge of civil litigation, IP rights and arbitration proceedings, as well as her time serving as a Supreme Court judge. She is supported in the team by experienced litigator and employment law expert Radoslav Alexandrov and Boyko Voynov who specialises in litigation and ADR.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution Bulgaria
- EU and competition Bulgaria
- Hall of Fame Bulgaria > Dispute resolution
- Healthcare and life sciences Bulgaria
- Intellectual property Bulgaria
- Leading partners Bulgaria > Intellectual property
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- EU and competition
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Transport (including shipping)