Desislava Stankova

Address: Mladost 2, bl. 252, entr.2, Sofia 1799, Bulgaria Contact: d v s t a n k o v a @ g m a i l . c o m , +359 899 980 581 Date of birth - October 5, 1980 Nationality: Bulgarian

WORK EXPERIENCE
PRCG Holding (Switzerland), Sofia, Bulgaria
IT Lawyer drafting and revising ICT contracts across multiple jurisdictions (software development agreements, SaaS agreements; technology transfer agreements, license agreements etc.); in charge of drafting a strategy and managing group`s intellectual property with a focus on software licensing, incl. Open Source licensing; IP due diligence; involved in corporate legal matters inter-company agreements, establishing companies in Bulgaria and abroad, labour law issues. Dec. 2011 - present

Telelink EAD, Sofia, Bulgaria

Project Manager ICT project management (project planning, risk management, reporting, etc.), including EU funded projects; drafting and revising contracts (with focus on IT outsourcing) and tender offers (including the entire set of supporting documents); involved in Cisco certification and ISO 27001 audits; in charge of partner/vendor liaison management.

May 2005 Oct. 2011 (excluding 11 month study leave for the period Sept.2009 Aug.2010)

Philips Healthcare, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Intern in the Emerging Markets Division, part of a team engaged in an international FCPA compliance project (including distribution agreement update), covering the territories of India, China, Latin America and Russia

Nov. 2009 Mar. 2010

Liberal Integration Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria

Legal Adviser - EU Funded Projects legal supervision tender documents and contract elaboration; drafting constituent documents, contracts, legal opinions; legal and other project documents translation

June 2004 May 2005

Work & Travel , Maryland, USA

Sales assistant and team leader at Royal Farms convenient store, Ocean City, Maryland Hostess at Ponzetti`s and Duffy`s restaurants , Ocean City, Maryland Work&Travel USA is an exchange program, which provides university students with the opportunity to work in the USA in the tourist industry during the summer for up to 5 months.

June 2002 Oct 2002 June 2003 Oct 2003

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Oxford University, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Research Assistant international research project for the Norwegian Research Council. The aims of the project are to examine how courts operate in a series of different countries (e.g. UK, Ukraine, Bulgaria, etc.) and to learn what people experience when they bring their cases to court. The research consis ted of observation of a series of court hearings followed by interviews with those involved in the cases (parties, judges, lawyers).

7 March 2011 25 March 2011

EDUCATION
Tilburg University , Tilburg, The Netherlands
Master Program in Law and Technology (LLM), Graduated with distinction, GPA: 8.5 of 10 Principal subjects - European Intellectual Property Law and Technology, Innovative Technologies Risks and Regulation, Cybercrime, E-Commerce, Privacy and Data Protection, Contracts and ICT, Liability and the Internet Master Thesis topic Continuity in IT outsourcing

Aug. 2009 July 2010

Sofia University "St. Kliment Oh ridski , Sofia, Bulgaria

Bachelor and Master in Law (LLM) Principal subjects - Civil Law, Criminal Law, Commercial Law, EU Law, International Law, Intellectual Property Law, Labor law, etc.

Oct. 1999 Dec. 2004

Sofia University "St. Kliment Oh ridski Center for educational services Sofia, Bulgaria
International Relations professional qualification Principal subjects - International Relations, Project M anagement, International Policy, European Integration, Diplomatic L aw, etc.

Sep. 2004 June 2007

Spanish Language High School Miguel de Cervantes Sofia, Bulgaria

Secondary education high school diploma Principal subjects - Spanish Language, English Language, Maths, History, Biology, Philosophy, Spanish and Latin American Literature, Bulgarian Literature, etc. most of the subjects taught in Spanish.

Sept. 1995 May 1999

SKILLS
Languages Bulgarian: mother tongue English: excellent, IELTS score 8.0 (March 2009), C2 level Spanish: excellent, DELE Bsico certificate, C1 level Italian: basic, A2 level French: basic, A2 level Excellent command of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project), MS Outlook, Internet User knowledge of SharePoint

IT skills

Additional skills

Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate

Project Management Institute, June 2008

Training course on practical implementation of Bulgarian civil legal sciences

April July 2005

English language course and certificate

Harrow House College, London, UK, July 1998

Legal English and Business English skills

Language courses attended, Sofia, Bulgaria

Tourist Guide training and certificate Spanish and English

June 1998

Publications and lectures

Creator and lecturer on the first in Bulgaria online course on Internet Law E -Law ( - ) launched on 5 November 2012. Course modules include: E-document and E-signature, Online contracting; Commercial messages; Information society services providers` liability; Intellectual property; License agreements; Domain names; Privacy and data protection. http://epravo.webfaceconsult.com/ Lecturer on e-Manager conference focused on development of online businesses. Lecture Topic: How to protect intellectual property online? Varna, 31 August 2012and Burgas, 15 December 2012 Guest lecturer to the Software engineering course. Lecture Topics: IPR in software and databases. Protection of IPR. Domain names legal nature and protection. Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, 17 May 2012 Guest lecturer to the Internet and Law course. Lecture Topics: IPR in software and databases. Protection of IPR. Domain names legal nature and protection. University Of Library Studies And Information Technologies (UNIBIT), Sofia, 27 November 2010 Is your online business protected from a legal point of view? Blog post on e-commerce topics. Published on 17 Apr 2011, available at:
http://markbit.net/marketing/online_marketing/zashhiten -li-e-internetbiznesa-ot-pravna-gledna-tochka/

Monthly publications on own E-law column in Mixmedia online media: http://mixmedia.bg/category/94-e-law-s-desislava on topics, such as: Online gambling On nanotechnologies, risks, ethics and law Facebook law for Dummies Online profiles after death Domain names legal nature and protection Open Source licenses copyleft and permissive IPR protection on the internet Online copyright, etc. Hobbies and activities Driving license Scuba diving (PADI certified Scuba Diver), travelling, astrology, sports Category B, Since 2001

References available upon request