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Ms Elena Shopova

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Work Department

Dispute Resolution, General Corporate and M&A

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Elena Shopova is a Senior Associate in DGKV’s Dispute Resolution, General Corporate and M&A practices. Elena has substantial experience advising domestic and international clients regarding mergers, acquisitions, and other forms of restructuring of companies on both individual and group levels. Elena advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters and foreign investments, including corporate structuring, incorporation, management, and dissolution, and other matters related to their presence in Bulgaria, as well as advising clients on employment matters. She has also been involved in major domestic and international arbitration procedures and commercial disputes, and has helped clients get foreign judgments and arbitration awards recognized and enforced in Bulga

Languages

Bulgarian, English, French

Memberships

• Sofia Bar Association
• Bulgarian National Register for Mediators

Education

• Barreau de Paris and Ordre des Avocats de Paris, International Program for Foreign Lawyers (2022)
• International Academy for Arbitration Law, Paris, France (2016)
• Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Paris, France (LL.M. in International Trade Law, 2016)
• University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria (LL.M., 2014)
• Université Lille 2, Lille, France (M., one-year Erasmus exchange program, 2013)
• Arbitration Court at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Specialized Course in International Arbitration, 2012)