Experience

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  Elena shopova and partners law firm

  Mar 2007 - Feb 2008

  Legal assistant

  Drafting legal documents, data processing, collaboration with clients, maintaining correspondence of the law office, filing documents in courts and other institutions.

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  Ustoi jsc financial institution

  Feb 2011 - Jun 2015

  Legal advisor

  Complete legal counselling regarding the business of a financial institution - drafting legal advice, company management acts and bylaws, developing and integrating internal procedures and operational rules, monitoring legislation, managing processes related to leasing and purchase of premises for company offices, registering trademarks and etc; Registration of registered pledges and mortgages.Еstablishing and managing contacts with clients, partners and debtors; Representing the company in civil and employment lawsuits; Collecting company receivables – preparing applications for issuance of enforcement orders, initiation, management and representation in enforcement cases in Sofia, Plovdiv, Veliko Turnovo, Rousse, Pleven, Sliven, Haskovo, Stara Zagora, Kazanluk, Gabrovo, Vratsa, Samokov and Pernik; Managing a high-risk credit portfolio before initiation of court proceedings. Show less

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  Provident financial bulgaria, part of bulgarian consumer credit association and the ipf group

  Jul 2015 - Sept 2016

  Legal and compliance officer

  Legal advising on Consumer credit protection and Personal data protection; Commercial Law; Competition Law;Regulatory compliance.

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  Provident financial bulgaria

  Oct 2016 - Nov 2017

  Senior legal and compliance officer

  Efficiently providing all legal services related to Non-banking financial institutions, Consumer protection legislation, Personal data protection legislation, Labor legislation. Supporting Company to meet regulatory compliance and Group standards and procedures. Monitoring legislative changes and supporting all departments in everyday business activities. Accountable for development and implementation of an international Regulatory Compliance program within the IPF Group.

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  Easy asset management jsc, part of management financial group

  Nov 2017 - Jul 2020

  Providing compliance expertise on various activities of the Group, including digital payment services, peer-to-peer lending services, Payment Institutions, Electronic Money Institutions. Revising EU prudential regulation on payment services (European Bank Authority Guidelines, capital requirements legislation, etc.) Developing e-signing consumer credit products. Overall legal and compliance service for the businesses in the group.

  • Senior Legal and Compliance Officer, Group Legal and Regulations Department

    Oct 2019 - Jul 2020

  • Career break for maternity leave

    Nov 2017 - Oct 2019
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  Allianz bulgaria

  Sept 2020 - now

  Data protection officer

  Managing the extensive privacy program of Allianz Bulgaria Group of legal entities and the local privacy team of professionals. Areas of operations include General and Life Insurance, Pension social security, Banking and Leasing services.