Antoniya is a Senior Partner and the Head of the Public Procurement and Labour Law Department at Gugushev & Partners Law Office. She is a highly qualified attorney-at-law with ten years of professional legal experience. In her career, she has established herself as a versatile specialist with significant expertise on a wide number of legal issues in the fields of labour and social security law, public procurement, real estate and construction law and protection of cultural heritage, contractual law, administrative and public law, administrative penal process as well as civil and administrative litigation. Antoniya speaks English and is recommended by international legal directories such as Legal 500. 

Professional experience

Antoniya’s professional experience is highlighted by the following projects:

  • OTIS LIFT Ltd. - advising the Bulgarian subsidiary of the world's largest manufacturer of lifts (elevators), escalators and moving walkways on employment and regulatory matters related to its business activity
  • The American University in Bulgaria Association - advising on a daily basis one of the most established higher education institutions on various employment matters
  • Odrin 8 Ltd. – procedural representation in administrative cases regarding construction and statute of buildings, owned by the company as individual pieces of immovable cultural heritage
  • Advising Victoria Group on the transformation in the organizational structure of the employer enterprise after the acquisition of the majority stake in Chastno Aktzionerno Druzhestvo Zografski JSC, owner of Kempinski hotel in Sofia (now Hotel Marinela Sofia)
  • APS Holding A.S., Czech Republic part of the team, who advises the holding regarding employment matters concerning the business activities of its subsidiaries on the territory of Bulgarian Republic
  • Debt Collection Agency JSC, Bulgaria – advised the Company regarding employment matters concerning the overall business activity and organization of the working process
  • ViK Shumen Ltd. – procedural representation in commercial disputes regarding claims against the company as a contracting authority under a public procurement contract
  • Ekorentimpex Ltd. and others - procedural representation in a legal dispute with the competent state authorities related to the rights of owners of floating houses in Vycha dam
  • Advising one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, through a staff transfer procedure in an acquisition of a part of the business of one of the transactional companies
  • Advising a big international IT corporation in relation to the regulatory compliance of their business activities in Bulgaria, including all employment matters 

Education

  • Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (2014 – 2015), Master in European Union Law
  • Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” (2006 – 2011), Master of Laws

Memberships

  •  Haskovo Bar Association 

Publications

Languages

  • English