Remote worker with 16+ years of experience - Last seen 3 years ago

EXPERIENCE

Senior Legal Counsel (International affairs) and Data Protection Officer – EU and non-EU, 07/2021 - Current
Remix Global EAD (by ThredUp Inc. - USA) – Europe, USA
• Draft, review and negotiate contracts and other legal documents (DPA, NDA, Notifications under Art. 13 of GDPR, Security Addendums, Frame Contracts) related to EU / non-US business, along with overflow from the US, including but not limited to sales (marketing), purchase (procurement), partnership, license and employment-related agreements.
• Responsible supporting the expansion efforts of the company across the international regions (more than nine EU countries and also US partners).
• Be the go-to person in the legal department with respect to international privacy matters and review of DPAs, privacy policies, cookies policies etc. In particular, GDPR Compliance, EU ePrivacy Regulations, local EU and non-EU Personal Data Protections Acts.
• Responsible for ensuring the business has accurate timely legal advice in compliance with global policies and applicable legislation.
• Work closely with internal business partners providing strategic and proactive legal advice on litigation, commercial, and regulatory matters, including but not limited to understanding, interpreting, and applying current law and regulations to the company's current and prospective products and services.
• Work closely with Sales, Marketing, IT Security, Finance, PeopleOps and other teams across the company to help develop and implement processes and procedures to commensurate with the growing volume and scale of international business.
• Be the go-to person in the legal department with respect to international consumers protection matters.
• Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.
• Built and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.

Legal Counsel, DPO, 05/2017 - 06/2021
Abrites EOOD (International Group of Companies) - Sofia, Bulgaria/Italy/France/USA
• Drafting, review and negotiation of legal documents including a wide variety of commercial contracts such as IT license agreements, and other relating to information technology, intellectual property, procurement, customer (and partners) service, consulting, distribution, internal manufacturing, sales, license, confidentiality and material transfer, storage and handling, real estates and other similar agreements;
• Provide legal advises , including analyzing and drafting contracts with respect to complex commercial activities;
• Ensure compliance with local, EU and non-EU regulations;
• Analyze, draft and review legal opinions and other legal documents;
• Contact person for all regulatory issues and acting as Global Data Privacy and Compliance Manager;
• Collect the available regulatory information and notify the functions concerned;
• Regulatory strategies and advice;
• Collaborate with other members of the Abrites International Group and clients to structure and execute commercial transactions;
• Developing and implementation data protection compliance programs including policies, processes, tools and trainings to ensure compliance with GDPR and the relevant local data privacy legislations in the Italian, French and Bulgarian divisions of the company;
• Responsible for inquiries and issues relating to data privacy practices, data subject access requests, withdrawal of consent, the right to be forgotten, and related rights. Carrying out Data Protection trainings for the employees of the different divisions and functions.
• Correspond, communicate, and strategize with clients and partners, outside counsels, third parties and lawyers and paralegals within the Abrites International Group;
• Tracking and communicating status of matters;
• Provide category support, knowledge sharing, professional development and special projects;
• Apply legal skills and experience to design, develop and modify forms, templates and processes for reviewing and drafting frame contracts, and tracking matters and trends;
• Competition law compliance - direct and timely legal assistance in resolving competitive disputes, drafting of special conditions for local and global promotions, legal assistance in local and international advertising campaigns, marketing strategies and projects, etc.
• Liaise with outside commercial lawyers;
• Provide legal support on special projects.

Legal Counsel, 10/2008 - 05/2017
VIVACOM - BTC EAD - Sofia, Bulgaria
• Contractual law and Contract management;
• Commercial contracts in regard with Procurement department, Wholesale & Corporate sales department, Distribution process;
• Participating in negotiations with vendors, issuance of (frame) contracts, additional agreements, DPAs, NDAs and so on;
• Regulatory legal activities;
• Consumer Rights Protection – representing VIVACOM before the Commission for Consumer Protection in all court cases;
• Personal Data Protection – representing VIVACOM before the Commission for Personal Data Protection in all admin./court cases;
• Discrimination Protection – representing VIVACOM before the Commission for Protection against Discrimination in all admin./court cases;
• Recovery of debts /Payment invitations and others, Order procedures and Execution court cases; Instalment agreements; Cessions/;
• Litigation – civil (incl. trade) and administrative;
• Statements on day-to-day matters.

EDUCATION

English and Business English language, 2019
Foreign Language School – Lovech, Bulgaria

Master of Law, Law, 2010
University for National and World Economics – Sofia, Bulgaria

CERTIFICATIONS
• Certificate of Personal Data Accountability - Nymity USA
• Certificate of Legal English Language - IDLO Alumni Association - EU

🛂 Nationality	🇧🇬 Bulgaria
🏡 Residency	🇮🇹 Italy
📍 Location	🇮🇹 Italy
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Skilled in	contracts personal data protection consumer protection marketing
Fluent in	bulgarianenglishitaliangerman
Preferred annual pay (min)	$65,000/year
Preferred hourly pay (min)	$35/hour
Last seen	3 years ago
Signed up	3 years ago
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