Room 294, Phone: (+359 2) 9308 483, n.natov@law.uni-sofia.bg
CIRRCULUM VITAE
1. Name - Nikolay Simeonov Natov
2. Date of birth - 14 May 1955
3. Place of birth - Sofia, Bulgaria
4. Marital status - married, one son
5. Education
Secondary education - High School of Economics
University degree - Faculty of Law, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"- 1976-1981
6. Degree - PhD in law, Faculty of Law, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski - 1986 (International Private Law - code 05.05.14, thesis "Contractual Liabilities of the Carrier in International Air Transport").
7. Titles
- a) Senior Lecturer - 1987 - 1900
- b) Principal Lecturer - 1990 - 1995
- c) Associate Professor - 1996 - 2004
- d) Fulbright Professor - 2001
- e) Professor - since 07.07.2004
8. Place of work -Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Law, International Law and International Relations Department
9. Specializations
- Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic - International Air Law, 1989
- University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Contemporary American Law, 1989
- Institute of Air and Space Law with the University of Cologne, Germany - International Air and Space Law- 1990, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006
- University of London, Great Britain - International Trade Law - 1992
- University of Cambridge, Great Britain - Contemporary British Law (1992); International Investment Law (1997)
- Academy of European Law, Florence, Italy - European Union Law - 1993
- The Hague Academy of International Law, the Netherlands -International Private Law - summer session 1994 ; summer session 1998
- University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands - International Investment Law - 1995
- University of Barcelona, Spain - International Protection of Human Rights (Tempus Programme) - 1996
- Tulane University, Law School, New Orleans, LA, USA - Legal regime of foreign investments in the USA (Fulbright grant sponsored by the US government for research and lecturing in the USA) - 2001
- University of San Francisco, California, USA - Contemporary American Law (International legal aspects of investments in the USA) - 2002
- Jean Monnet Center of the Law of the European Union, University of Technologies, Faculty of Law, Dresden, Germany - EU Law- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study(NIAS) - Wassenaar, the Netherlands-International Private Law (qualifications problems) - 2005
10. Lecture courses in Bulgaria
- International Private Law - SU "St. Kliment Ohridski", "St. Cyril and St. Methodius" University of Veliko Turnovo, , Burgas Free University, "Paisii Hilendarski" University of Plovdiv, (for Law and International Relations students, all forms of study)
- Legal regime of international investments - SU "St. Kliment Ohridski", "St. Cyril and St. Methodius" University of Veliko Turnovo, , Burgas Free University (for Law and International Relations students, all forms of study); Master's Degree Programmes - European Relations and International Security at SU "St. Kliment Ohridski"
- International Transportation Law - SU "St. Kliment Ohridski (for Law and International Relations students, all forms of study)
- International protection of intellectual property - ", "St. Cyril and St. Methodius" University of Veliko Turnovo, , Burgas Free University, "Paisii Hilendarski" University of Plovdiv, (for Law students, all forms of study); Master's Degree Programmes - European Relations, International Security and International Relations and Multilateral Diplomacy at SU "St. Kliment Ohridski"
- EU Law - Burgas Free University (to Law and Public Administration students, all forms of study), Ministry of the Interior
11. Lecture courses abroad
- Legal regime of the international investments in Central and Eastern Europe
delivered at:
1) Tulane University, Law School, New Orleans, LA, USA - 2001;
2) University of San Francisco, Faculty of Law, San Francisco, California, USA - 2002.
- International investments (Eastern and South-Eastern Europe)
delivered at:
1) University of Technologies, Faculty of Law, Dresden, Germany - 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
2) Tulane University, Law School, New Orleans, LA, USA - summer semester, organized in Rhode, Greece, 2007
12. Legal practice
- since 1993 - attorney-at-law at Sofia Bar Association
- since 1995 - arbitrator of international and domestic civil and commercial law cases at the Arbitration Court at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sofia
- since 2002 - arbitrator and conciliator of the quota of the Republic of Bulgaria at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) with the World Bank, Washington, USA
- since 1993 consultant on a number of projects of foreign investors in Bulgaria
- since 2006 consultant of the Notary Chamber of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Union of Jurists in The Republic of Bulgaria on issues related to International Private Law and the application of the new PIL Code
13. Important publications:
а) books:
- International Private Law, Special part, first edition (CIBI), Sofia, 1994; second edition (Sofi P), Sofia, 1996
- Foreign Investments Law, first edition (CIELA), Sofia, 1997
- Foreign Investments in Bulgaria, by Kluwer Law International, The Hague, London, Boston, 2000.
- Comments on the International Private Law Code, volume 1, Art. 1-47, (CIELA), Sofia, 2006 г
b) studies:
- The Constitution and the Regulations of the International Trade Relations in the Republic of Bulgaria, in The Constitution of 1991 and the Participation of Bulgaria in International Agreements, Sofia, 1993
- International Investments (Practical and legal study), in Legal handbook, Burgas Free University, Vol. ІІІ, Burgas,1995
- Circumvention of the Law in International Private Law, Studies on International Law, Vol. V, Sofia, 2000
- International Regulations of the Investments in the USA, Studies on International Law, Vol. VI, Sofia, 2003
в) articles
- Autonomy of Will under the Civil Aviation Law, Legal review, 1987
- Legal Aspects of Use of Carrier Rockets in Space Activities, in Proceedings of the 34th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, AIAA, 1992
- Foreigners' Right of Ownership of Real Estate in Bulgaria Ownership and Law, Digest, 1996
- Constitution of Turnovo and the Capitulation Regime in Bulgaria, Contemporary Law, vol. 4/1999
- Some Trends in the Regulations of the Contractual Liability of the Carrier in International Maritime and Air Transport, Proceedings of the Scientific conference on Contemporary Legal Problems in International Maritime Shipments , Burgas, 2000
- Foreigners' Right of Ownership of Real Estate in Bulgaria, in the Almanac published for the 10th anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2001
- Protection of the Environment in Bulgaria, in Environmental Protection in New Century, Tulane University, Law School, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2001
- Applicable Law to Agreements with International Element (part 3 of OCA), APIS-VREME, digital format, 2003
- Applicable Law to the Bill of Exchange, Promissory Note and the Check (Ch. 33 of the Commercial Law), APIS-VREME, digital format, 2003
- Employment Regime for Foreigners in Bulgaria in APIS-VREME, digital format, 2003
- New International Adoption Regulation, APIS-VREME, digital format, 2003
- New Convention for the Harmonization of Certain Rules for International Air Transportation , Montreal, 28 May 1999, Trade Law, vol. 2 and 3, 2004
- The Accession Treaty and the Participation of New Member States of the European Union in International Trade Agreements, Jean Monnet Center of the Law of the European Union, University of Technologies, Faculty of Law, Dresden, Germany, 2004.
- International Private Law Code - introduction, APIS-VREME, digital format, August 2005
- Special Compulsory Legal Regulations under the International Private Law Code in APIS-VREME, digital format, Sept. 2005
- The Principle of the Closest Relation - Basic Principle in the International Private Law Code , APIS-VREME, digital format, Sept. 2005
c) collections of normative acts
- Collection of Sources of International Private Law, Vol. I, National Legal Sources (CIELA), Sofia, 2005
- Collection of Sources of International Private Law, Vol. II, International Legal Sources (CIELA), Sofia, 2006
- Collection of Sources of International Private Law, Vol. III, European Acts, (CIELA), Sofia, 2007
- Establishing the Contents of Foreign Law , Notary Bulletin, 3, 2006
- Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations, Rome 1980, Notary Review, 1-2, 2007
d) lecture courses:
- International Investments in Central and Eastern Europe, School of Law, University of San Francisco, CA, USA, 2002
14. Other Professional Commitments
Since 1998 National Coordinator of the Cambridge-Sofia Programme for Distance Learning of Contemporary British Law and EU Law of Bulgarian law students and practicing lawyers, carried out by professors from the University of Cambridge, Great Britain in cooperation with SU "St. Kliment Ohridski", Faculty of Law
15. Membership in scientific and professional organizations
- Union of Jurists in Bulgaria
- Bulgarian Association for International Law
- International Law Association (ILA), London, Great Britain
- Association of Bulgarian Post-graduate Students in Great Britain
- Bulgarian Fulbright Alumni Association
- Sofia Bar Association
16. Language competence
- English, Russian and Polish - writing and verbal skills
- uses French
- German - reading skill (with a dictionary)
17. Computer literacy
- WORD
- the Internet
18. Hobbies
- literature, history, geography, sports, theatre, cinema
19. Address
№ 6-10 "Gabar" Str. аp. 22
1309 Sofia
Bulgaria
Tel. Office: 9308 484; home: 832 14 54; mobile: 0888 315 926
email: nnatov@yahoo.com or niksina@abv.bg
Sofia, Sept. 2007