Yassen Spassov

Managing Associate at Tsvetkova Bebov & Partners
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Bulgaria, BG
Languages
  • Bulgarian Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency

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Experience

    • Bulgaria
    • Legal Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Managing Associate
      • Feb 2022 - Present

      • Monitors the implementation of the EU “Green Deal” and related legislative proposals; • Energy transition with particular focus on renewable energy; • Natural gas distribution and supply; • EU product requirements (circular economy);• Compliance with environmental laws and regulations; • EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities and ESG disclosures;• Strategic advice and planning for climate-related risks. • Monitors the implementation of the EU “Green Deal” and related legislative proposals; • Energy transition with particular focus on renewable energy; • Natural gas distribution and supply; • EU product requirements (circular economy);• Compliance with environmental laws and regulations; • EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities and ESG disclosures;• Strategic advice and planning for climate-related risks.

    • Bulgaria
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • Co-Founder
      • Nov 2018 - Present

      Co-founder of a small family-owned business in healthcare (dental laboratory):• Supply chain management – equipment, instruments and services supplies;• Legal support including GDPR compliance;• Basic bookkeeping and management accounting;• Sustainability strategy and action. Co-founder of a small family-owned business in healthcare (dental laboratory):• Supply chain management – equipment, instruments and services supplies;• Legal support including GDPR compliance;• Basic bookkeeping and management accounting;• Sustainability strategy and action.

    • Bulgaria
    • Law Practice
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Associate
      • Jan 2015 - Jan 2022

      • Proceedings before the national energy regulator;• Trading in electricity and natural gas, licensing and market registrations;• Management and operation of closed distribution systems (electricity);• Acquisitions/ financing of renewable energy power plants, incentives for renewables;• Regulatory advice and assessments related to market structure, position and legislative implications for thermal assets (market liberalisation under the EU Third Energy Package and long-term power purchase agreements and capacity mechanisms under the EU Clean Energy Package);• Unbundling, third-party access and exemptions for transmission of natural gas including cross-border transmission projects;• Prospecting and exploration of natural gas (shale gas and offshore gas in the Black Sea);• Trading in liquid fuels and strategic reserves;• EU Emissions Trading System: transactions with AAUs, EUA allowances/ CER credits; • Environmental authorisation procedures (EIA and CA);• Waste management: registrations; permits; and annual reports; • Environmental regulatory aspects/ implications in M&A transactions;• Polluter-pays principle and liability regimes for contamination/ pollution;• Extended Product Producer Responsibility - waste management, labeling and markings; • CE and RoHS compliance.

    • Associate
      • Oct 2010 - Dec 2014

      • Concessions (due diligence reports) including concessions for natural resources (industrial materials; mineral waters); • Participated in EC Commission studies on regulatory framework in various industries (transportation; trade secrets; sea-port services; energy market assessments on electricity and natural gas);• Consumer protection and consumer-related regulations;• VAT and other tax matters;

    • Seconded Legal Counsel
      • Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

      Seconded Legal Counsel (Senior In-house Lawyer) at ContourGlobal Maritsa East III AD (CGME3). The company owns and operates a coal-fired power plant of 908 MW installed capacity.• Provided in-house legal support; • Managed all-round legal compliance and internal legal affairs. Seconded Legal Counsel (Senior In-house Lawyer) at ContourGlobal Maritsa East III AD (CGME3). The company owns and operates a coal-fired power plant of 908 MW installed capacity.• Provided in-house legal support; • Managed all-round legal compliance and internal legal affairs.

    • Attorney's assistant
      • Jun 2007 - Jun 2009

      • Incentives, investments, generation and transmission of electricity from renewable energy sources;• Antitrust, unfair competition, and consumer protection;• Drafting various commercial and company documents; • Incentives, investments, generation and transmission of electricity from renewable energy sources;• Antitrust, unfair competition, and consumer protection;• Drafting various commercial and company documents;

Education

  • UCL
    Master of Laws (LLM), Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law
    2009 - 2010
  • Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
    Research on WTO/ EC under the mentorship of Prof. Benedek, WTO/ EC
    2007 - 2007
  • Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen
    Exchange student, European Union Law; EC Competition Law; and International Commercial Law
    2006 - 2007
  • University of Cambridge
    Diploma in Introduction to the English and European Union law
    2004 - 2006
  • Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
    Master's degree, Law
    2003 - 2008

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