Education:
University of Munich “Ludwig-Maximilan”, Faculty of Law (one year of specialization in administrative law and procedure and international civil procedure, 1998)
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Faculty of Law (LLM, 1996)
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridsky”, Faculty of Law (LLM, 1995)
German Language School in Sofia (graduated in June 1990)

Experience:    

Founder and Partner in Mandzhukova, Shopov, Petrov Law Firm (2013 - present);

Partner in  Georgieva, Petrov, Nenkov, Georgiev Law Firm (2003 - 2013);

Consul of the Republic of Bulgaria in London (2000 - 2003);

State Expert, International Law Directorate, Private International Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria (1998 - 2000);

Specialization for Young Diplomats in the Foreign Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany, UN Directorate, Department for General Assembly of the UN (1999);

Legal Candidate, Sofia City Court (1998 to 1999);

Legal adviser at the Legal and Regulatory Services Directorate, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria; participated in the creation of the provisions on civilian control of the Defence and Armed Forces Act (1997);

Practice Areas:
International Law, Settlement of International Commercial Disputes, EU Law, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law, Foreign Investments, Securities Regulation, Banking law, Privatization, Concessions and Public Procurements, PPPs, Employment Law, Immigration Law, Intellectual Property Law;

Publications:
"The Civil Control over the Police Forces," Albatross Publishing House, 1996, co-author
"Litigation or Arbitration in International Commercial Disputes", Sibi Publishing House, 2000
"The renvoi Problem in the English Legal System," Pravna Missal Journal, 2000

Languages:
Bulgarian, English, German, Russian