{"id":17,"date":"2018-02-11T16:59:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T14:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ykostov.com\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2020-05-06T15:15:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T12:15:37","slug":"%d0%b7%d0%b0-%d0%bc%d0%b5%d0%bd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ykostov.com\/en\/%d0%b7%d0%b0-%d0%bc%d0%b5%d0%bd\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-57\" src=\"http:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pic_main-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pic_main-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pic_main-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pic_main-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/pic_main.jpg 1829w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">My name is Yordan Kostov and I perform a wide range of legal services as an attorney at law and as an insolvency practitioner. I graduated from Sofia University \u201cSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d in 2004 and I am profiled in Civil, Commercial and Administrative Law.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I was registered as an attorney at law with the Sofia Bar Association in 2012 and as an insolvency practitioner with the Ministry of Justice in 2014.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I also have practical experience as a public enforcement officer with the State Receivables Collection Agency (now the National Revenue Agency), a legal counsel and an assistant private enforcement agent.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I speak English, German and Russian.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I am a partner in the World Bank project <a href=\"https:\/\/ykostov.com\/en\/2019\/12\/24\/the-doing-business-project-of-the-world-bank-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201eDoing Business\u201d<\/a>, measuring the business regulations in 190 countries around the world, including Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 2014 - now - <strong>Insolvency Practitioner<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ispn.mjs.bg\/MJ\/ispn.nsf\/indexPublic.xsp?documentId=F8632D8A35BF60B8C2257CE7002E47E8&amp;action=openDocument&amp;page=ftrustee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ministry of Justice<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>October 2012 - now - <strong>Attorney at Law<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/public.bar-register.bg\/StartPage.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sofia Bar Association<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>December 2007 - September 2012 - <strong>Assistant Private Enforcement Agent <\/strong>and<strong> Legal Counsel,<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mitev.bg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Private Enforcement Agent Nedelcho Mitev<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 2007 - December 2007 - <strong>Legal Counsel<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chavdar_(company)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chavdar Ltd.<\/a>, Botevgrad \/bankrupted\/, Microprocessor Systems JSC, Pravets \/bankrupted\/, Isida JSC, Elin Pelin \/bankrupted\/, Chepino JSC, Velingrad \/bankrupted\/, Stara Planina JsC, Peshtera \/bankrupted\/, Elpin Trade Ltd., Plovdiv \/bankrupted\/, Mineral Engineering Ltd., Sofia \/bankrupted\/.<\/li>\n<li>November 2005 - March 2007 - <strong>Public Enforcement Officer<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nap.bg\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Receivables Collection Agency<\/a>, Regional Directorate - Sofia, Public Enforcement Agents Department<\/li>\n<li>July 2004 - September 2004 -<strong> Human Resources Intern<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nestle.bg\/bg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nestl\u00e9 Bulgaria JSC<\/a>, Human Resources Department<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2000 - 2004 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-sofia.bg\/index.php\/eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sofia University \"St. Kliment Ohridski\"<\/a>, Sofia<br>Faculty of Philosophy, major in Psychology, Bachelor's degree<\/p>\n<p>1998 - 2003 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-sofia.bg\/index.php\/eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sofia University \"St. Kliment Ohridski\"<\/a>, Sofia<br>Faculty of Law, major in Law, Master's Degree<br>\u2022 Judicial profile<\/p>\n<p>1993 - 1998 <a href=\"http:\/\/eg-yambol.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foreign Languages High School \"Vasil Karagyozov\"<\/a>, Yambol<br>\u2022 Profile - English<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CERTIFICATES<\/strong><br>\n<table id=\"tablepress-1\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><figure id=\"attachment_389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-389\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/CertificateDBYordanKostov-page-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-389\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World Bank Certificate of Appreciation<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><figure id=\"attachment_390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-390\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Scan10001-page-001-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-390\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World Bank Recognition Letter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><figure id=\"attachment_114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/udost_vpisvane_advokat-224x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-114\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Certificate of Registration in the Sofia Bar Association<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><figure id=\"attachment_395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lawyer-exam-page-001-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-395\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Certificate for passed Bar Exam<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><figure id=\"attachment_115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/sindik-233x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-115\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter of recognition as an Insolvency Practitioner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><figure id=\"attachment_391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Document-page-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-391\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Certificate of Training in 2019 for Insolvency Practitioners<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><figure id=\"attachment_122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/english_language-203x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Legal English Certificate from the University of Cambridge<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><figure id=\"attachment_121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lichni_danni-212x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-121\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Certificate of Personal Data Administrator<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><figure id=\"attachment_120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/chsi-300x198.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Certificate of competency as an Assistant Private Enforcement Agent<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><figure id=\"attachment_396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-396\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ykostov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pravosposobnost-page-001-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-396\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Certificate of Legal Capacity<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-1 from cache --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TRAININGS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">3 December 2019 - <strong>Ministry of Justice<\/strong> - Training for advanced qualification of insolvency practitioners on theme: <em>\"Actual Problems on the Insolvency Procedure and the Collateral Procedures\"<\/em>.<br>\n29-30 November 2019 - <strong>Ernst &amp; Young Law Firm<\/strong> - Training within the project \"Reforms in the Field of Insolvency in Bulgaria\" on theme: <em>\"General Principles of Bulgarian Law in the Context of Insolvency and Enterprise Rescue\" <\/em>.<br>\n7 November 2019 - <strong>Attorneys' Training Center \"Krastyo Tsonchev\"<\/strong> - Training on theme: <em>\"The Cassation Appeal\"<\/em>.<br>\n15 March - 1 December 2019 - <strong>Attorneys' Training Center \"Krastyo Tsonchev\"<\/strong> and <strong>Sofia University \"St. Kliment Ohridski\" <\/strong> &#8211; <em>One Year Continuous Profound Training on European Union Law<\/em>.<br>\n1-2 November 2018 - <strong>Ministry of Justice - <\/strong>Training for advanced qualification of insolvency practitioners on theme: <em>\"Actual Problems on the Insolvency Procedure and the Collateral Procedures\"<\/em>.<br>\n26-27 October 2017 - <strong>Ministry of Justice - <\/strong>Training for advanced qualification of insolvency practitioners on theme: <em>\"Actual Problems on the Insolvency Procedure and the Collateral Procedures\"<\/em>.<br>\n18 May 2017 - <strong>Attorneys' Training Center \"Krastyo Tsonchev\"<\/strong> - Training on theme: <em>\"Review of the Amendments in the Spacial Planning Act\"<\/em>.<br>\n20-21 October 2016 - <strong>Ministry of Justice <\/strong> - Training for advanced qualification of insolvency practitioners on theme: <em>\"Actual Problems on the Insolvency Procedure and the Collateral Procedures\"<\/em>.<br>\n29-30 October 2015 - <strong>Ministry of Justice <\/strong> - Training for advanced qualification of insolvency practitioners on theme: <em>\"Actual Problems on the Insolvency Procedure and the Collateral Procedures\"<\/em>.<br>\n22-23 October 2014 - <strong>Ministry of Justice<\/strong> - Training for advanced qualification of insolvency practitioners on theme: <em>\"Actual Problems on the Insolvency Procedure and the Collateral Procedures\"<\/em>.<br>\n6 March 2014 - <strong>\"Apis\"<\/strong> - Seminar on theme: <em>\"Actual Problems on the Code of Civil Procedure\"<\/em>.<br>\n15 March 2013<strong> - \"Apis\" - <\/strong>- Seminar on theme: <em>\"The Amendments in the Spacial Planning Act and the Acts of Its Implementation\"<\/em>.<br>\n19 September - 13 December 2011 - <strong>British Council, Bulgaria<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Legal English Course<\/em><br>\n9 July 2011 - <strong>Chamber of Private Enforcement Agents<\/strong> - Seminar on theme: <em>\"Tax Obligations of Private Enforcement Agents According to the Value Added Tax Act and Personal Income Tax Act. Actual Problems Related to the Enforcement\"<\/em>.<br>\n26 June 2011 - <strong>Chamber of Private Enforcement Agents<\/strong> - Seminar on theme: <em>\"\u0415nforcement Pursuant to the Code of Administrative Procedure\"<\/em>.<br>\n11 December 2019 - <strong>\"Apis\"<\/strong> - Seminar on theme: <em>\"Actual Problems on Implementation of the European Union Law and the Interaction Between the National Courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union\"<\/em>.<br>\n15 October 2009 -<strong> \"Apis\"<\/strong> - Seminar on theme: <em>\"The New Family Code\"<\/em>.<br>\n24-26 April 2009 - <strong>National Center for Legal Education<\/strong> - Seminar on theme: <em>\"The Practice on Application of the Code of Civil Procedure\"<\/em>.<br>\n7-8 November 2008 - <strong>Chamber of Private Enforcement Agents<\/strong> - Seminar on theme: <em>\"Assistant Enforcement Agent. Competence and Powers\"<\/em>.<br>\n20-21 March 2008 - <strong>\"Ciela\"<\/strong> - Seminar on theme: <em>\"The Civil Procedure Pursiant to the New Code of Civil Procedure\"<\/em>.<br>\n3-4 November 2007 - <strong>Ministry of Justice<\/strong> - Training for advanced qualification of insolvency practitioners on theme: <em>\"Problems on Registered Pledges\"<\/em>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ykostov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ykostov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ykostov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ykostov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ykostov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/ykostov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":892,"href":"https:\/\/ykostov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ykostov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}