Zhivko Kalev

Admission to the bar

• Varna Bar Association – Varna, Bulgaria – admitted to the bar in 1993

Professional profile

• founder and managing partner of Kalev & Partners Law Firm
• Master of Laws (LL.M.) – Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” – Sofia, Bulgaria
• vast experience in the provision of legal advice and consultations, representation and full legal support in the field of civil, commercial, and administrative law to Bulgarian and foreign clients
• member of the Bar Council with Varna Bar Association from 2013 to 2020; deputy chairman of the Bar Council with Varna Bar Association from 2016 to 2020; member of the Control Board with the Varna Bar Association from 2020 to present
  
• legal consultant for Varna District Authority from 2012 to 2013
• legal advisor and attorney-at-law for Varna Municipality and for the Varna Municipality Council from 1987 to 2010

Fields of expertise

• civil law, contract law, commercial law, property law, company law, administrative law, spatial planning law, legal status of foreigners in Bulgaria
• corporate legal support
• representation in civil and administrative litigation
• representation before private parties, state authorities, and municipal bodies
  

Languages

• Bulgarian
• Russian