Prof. Kamelia Kassabova, Ph.D.

Еducation:

• 1976 – graduated from the 35th Russian Language High School M.I. Kalinin, Sofia
• 1982 – LLM from the Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski (Faculty of Law)
• 2000 – Doctoral research at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski (Faculty of Law)
• 2001 – Doctor of Law (dissertation topic: "Transfer of shares”)
• 2004 – Associate Professor in Commercial Law
• 2010 – Professor in Commercial Law

Professional experience:

• 1982-1984 – Reporter in the legal show "Good Day", Hristo Botev Station at the Bulgarian National Radio
• 1985-1991 – Legal Adviser, Senior Legal Adviser in the system of the Ministry of Foreign Trade
• 1991-1996 – Chief Legal Adviser, Director, Legal Division of BSI Mineralbank
• 1996-1998 – Secretary General of the Association of Commercial Banks (elected position)
• 1998 – Lawyer in the Sofia Bar Association
• 1999 – Vice-President of the Arbitration Court at the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) and arbitrator
• 2001-2005 – Deputy Speaker of the 39th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria; Member of the Parliamentary Committee for European Integration Chairperson of the Temporary Committee on the Amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria; Chairman of the Temporary Committee for the Review and Adoption of the Draft Bill for; Ratification of the Accession Treaty of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
• 2002-2009 – representative of the Bulgarian Parliament to the board of Directors of the European branch of U.S. Legislative Leaders (SLLF)
• 2005-2009 – Deputy Speaker 40th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs
• from 2010 on – Chairperson of the Reconciliation Committee for payment disputes elected by the Bulgarian National Bank
• from 2016 on - Chairperson of the Reconciliation Committee for financial services elected by the Bulgarian National Bank

Teaching experience at the moment: Lecturer in the following disciplines at the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economy and Faculty of Philosophy at Sofia Univetsity – Commercial Law, Banking Law and Civil Law.

List of Publications of Prof. Kamelia Kassabova, Ph.D.

I. Books

1a. Shares and Methods of Transfer Publishing House “Sofi-R”, 1999, 135 pages

1b. Shares and Methods of Transfer Second substantially revised and expanded edition. Publishing House “Sofi-R”, 2002, 281 pages

2. The New Moments in Commercial Law Co-authored with Ognyan Gerdzhikov, Angel Kalaidjiev, Tania Buzeva, Alexander Katsarski and Valentina Popova. Publishing House “Labor and Law”, 2000, 318 pages.

3. Bonds According to the Bulgarian Stock Law – research work. Publishing House “Sofi-R”, 2003, 329 pages.

4. Commercial Attorney, Publishing House “Sofi-R”, 2004, 242 pages.

5. Commercial Agent issued by “CIELA-Soft and Publishing”, 2005, 345 pages

6. Comment on the Commercial Law, Book One, Art. 1-112. Second major revision. Publishing House “Sofi-R”, 2007, 531 pages. Co-authored with Ognyan Gerdzhikov, Angel Kalaidjiev, Tania Buzeva and Alexander Katsarski. Chapter 6, §10-§17, Chapter 11, §27-§32 authored by Kamelia Kassabova

7. Legal Aspects of Financial Instruments. Including glossary of terms. Publishing house “Labor and Law”, Sofia, 2007, 453 pages.

8. Protection of Shareholders in Private and a Public Joint Stock Companies Publishing house “Labor and Law”, 2010, 322 pages.

9. Тhe companies of Capital Co-authored with Ognyan Gerdzhikov and Tania Buzeva; Publishing House “Labor and Law”, 2011, 335 pages.

10. Payment cards Publishing house “Labor and Law”, 450 pages

11. Actual problems of the banking law Publishing House “Sofi-R”, 2014, 350 pages