Kiril Yanev has extensive legal experience and education. He holds a Master's degree in IT Law from the University of Toulouse 1 Capitole, focusing on intellectual property, data protection, and cybersecurity. Yanev has worked as a lawyer in Bulgaria, an interpreter in France, and done internships at the European Commission and Bulgarian ministries. Currently, he works as an IT legal advisor, drawing on over 15 years of legal training and experience in Bulgaria, France, and at the European level.

1. Kiril Yanev
kiril_yanev@abv.bg
Lawyer, IT legal advisor
Degrees and Studies
2013 – 2014 Master 2 “IT Law” - University Toulouse 1 Capitole
Protection of intellectual property: Patents and brands, copyright; IT law: Personal data protection, domain
names, cybercrimes, network security.
Oct - Nov 2012 International training
 Training School of the Paris Bar Association
 Savin Martinet et Associates law office - Attendance at the European commission and European council
The judicial and legal system of France; Functioning of the Courts of Justice and of various state institutions in
France, The ethics of lawyers in France and the guiding principles of French law; Different aspects of Civil,
Criminal, Administrative and International Law. Practical advice
Feb - June 2006 Erasmus programme - Catholic university of Mons, (Belgium)
Political sciences, European Law, Methodology of political sciences, International history of the XX century
2003 – 2008 Master of Law 2 - Bulgarian Public and Private law, International Public and
Private law, Law of the European Union, Roman Law.
1997 – 2012 BAC littéraire français – Central French high school of Sofia – Alphonse de
Lamartine (Bulgaria)
Professional Experience
Sep 2015 – Mar 2016 European Commission, DG TAXUD, Protection of citizens and IP rights.
 Protection of EU enterprises’ IPR in China ; Cash control regulations in EU MS
Aug 2014 – Aug 2015 Intercultural interpreter – COFRIMI - Consulting and training on intercultural
relations and migration, (Toulouse, France)
Apr – Oct 2014 Juridical internship — Protection of the information systems within the Ministry
of agriculture, food and forestry (Auzeville, 31 320)
 Promoting the development and distribution of free licence security software components
 Risk analysis EBIOS
 Creating an article on the new amendment of the European regulation concerning personal data,
 Editing of articles on data protection.
2010– 2013 Lawyer, member of Sofia Bar Association (Bulgaria) - Vladislav Yanev
law office - Sofia, Bulgaria
Preparation of legal documents (petitions, complaints etc.); analysing different law cases and giving
professional advice to customers; making research of the jurisprudence and legislation, defending customers’
interests in court; updating web site content.
Feb - Sep 2009 Training for lawyers at the Ministry of Justice (Bulgaria)
Feb - Sep 2009 Assistant-lawyer, administrative and office work, preparation of drafts and
legal documents - Darina Zinovieva medical law office – Sofia, Bulgaria
File review, document drafting, legal research, interviews with clients, maintaining a database, setting up the
schedule, distribution of a magazine on medical law.

2. Oct - Nov 2008 Internship within the directorate "European integration and international
relations" – Ministry of labour and social politics, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Edition and maintaining of a database concerning Bulgarian workers in Spain
Other Competences
Computer Skills Word, Excel, VBA, PowerPoint, Access (SQL), Corel Draw, Internet, HTML
Languages Bulgarian : Mother tongue
French : Fluent
English : Fluent
Memberships Student representative in the Student Council of the New Bulgarian University - 2007-2008
ACTSI - Association of customers of telecommunications and Internet service in Bulgaria - Executive Secretary
for the year 2012
Associations of French-speaking lawyers – Secretary
Personal interests: Drummer and trumpeter in the orchestra of the First English School in Sofia, Yoga.