Consumer Services
Financial Services
Real Estate and Equipment Rental Services
Retail
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Active

Simeon

Head of Legal and Compliance

Jurisdiction

Bulgaria | United States

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Legal, Compliance and Privacy leader
2017 - Present

Managing the legal department, covering all regulatory and commercial aspects of the retail business - online and in the stores, consumer protection, contracts. Labor law and disputes. Administrative procedures and litigation. Personal data protection (GDPR) leader for Bulgaria, serving as first point of contact and referent of privacy issues in all business projects and point of contact with the external DPO. Member of Decathlon EU region privacy committee and task force. Leader of Ethics and Compliance – Fight against corruption. Responsible for the risk mapping, third party due diligence, implementation of the Code of conduct, Whistleblowing system, trainings of the most exposed jobs. Training leader - providing live and online trainings to the staff and management in Contracts and Legal, Personal data protection and Compliance.

Head of Compliance
2016 - 2017

MiFID - II implementation and reporting; Data protection and GDPR implementation; All aspects of compliance function - CDD, KYC, AML, CTF. Registered at Financial Supervision Commission as Head of internal control. Responsible for the strict compliance with all securities laws and regulations. Investors protection.

Head of Legal and Compliance
2014 - 2015

Head of Legal and Compliance department managing the team of five lawyers and compliance experts. Responsible for reporting to National bank, AML and CTF measures and rules of the financial institution.

Legal Advisor and Compliance Officer
2010 - 2014

Head of Legal and Compliance
2006 - 2010

Expertise in securities, MiFID implementation, stock trading regulations and stock exchange rules.

Litigation Legal Assistant,
2004 - 2005

Corporate Legal Assistant,
2000 - 2003

Education

Masters of LawUniversity of California Davis School of Law
2003 - 2004
Doctorate of LawSofia University Law faculty
1988 - 1993

Skills

Core skills10
Languages3

Skills

Applied Ethics
Intellectual Property
Regulatory Compliance
Contracts
Labor Law
Real estates and construction
Securities
Retail
Compliance check and GAN Integrity
Whispli and whistleblowing investigation

Languages

English
Russian
German

Services