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Assen Z. Alexiev

Address: 

Assen Alexiev
23 Sitnyakovo blvd., office 605
1505 Sofia, Bulgaria

Phone Number: 
+359 (0)888805608
Email: 
arbitration@alexiev.bg
Website: www.alexiev.bg
Born: 
1970, Cherven Briag
Languages: 
English Russian French
Nationalities: 
Bulgarian
Education: 
Sofia University, 1995
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Attorney-at-law, Sofia Bar Association, Bulgaria, 1998
Trademark and Design Attorney, Bulgaria, 2000
European Trademark and Design Attorney, Alicante, 2007
Present Position: 
Attorney-at-law, Sofia Bar Association (1998 -); Trademark and Design Attorney, Bulgarian Patent Office (2000 - ); European Trademark and Design Attorney, OHIM (2007 -); ITA Reporter for Bulgaria, Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR; Membe
Professional Experience: 

Partner, Sabev and Partners law firm (1998 - 2018); Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (2008 - 2015); Legal expert, Privatization Agency, Bulgaria (1996-1997);

Professional Associations: 

Sofia Bar Association, LCIA European Users’ Council, IAI, ICCA, ILA, ITA, Bulgarian Association for International Law, Bulgarian Society of Construction Law.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic, VIAC, ACDR, KLRCA, SIAC, KRIB.

Arbitration Experience: 

Sole Arbitrator or member of an arbitral tribunal in arbitration proceedings before the ICC and KRIB Court of Arbitration in construction disputes, partnership agreements, international sale of goods; 180+

decisions as panelist in domain name disputes brought before the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, the Czech Arbitration Court and ADNDRC; expert determinations before the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center and before the ICC Center for Expertise;

Advice and representation of clients in arbitration proceedings before the ICC, the Arbitration Court of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in UNCITRAL and other ad hoc arbitrations, related to licensing and distribution agreements, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder disputes, international sale of goods, public transportation, military and civil procurement, foreign investments;

Advice and representation of clients in court proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards or for their setting aside

Areas of Specialization: 
Commercial Litigation
Commercial Arbitration
Competition, Antitrust, Restrictive Trade Practices
Intellectual and Industrial Property
Mergers & Acquisitions
International Commercial Transactions
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

National Report Bulgaria, The Int’l Handbook on Com. Arb., edited by Jan Paulsson, Kluwer Law International, 2018.

Chapter for Bulgaria, The International Arbitration Review, Sixth edition, Law Business Research, 2015, (with Boryana Boteva).

Chapter for Bulgaria, The Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook 2011/2012, The Practical Law Company Ltd., 2011 (with Iskra Neycheva).

Chapter for Bulgaria, ICC Guide to National Procedures for Recognition and Enforcement of Awards under the New York Convention, a Special Supplement to the ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, ICC Publication No.733, 2012 Edition, (an updated edition is upcoming in 2019).

 

Bulgaria – chapter in Getting the Deal Through – Domains & Domain Names, Law Business Research Ltd.