Arno joined Georgiev, Todorov & Co Law Offices shortly after it was established.  He is a senior partner and specializes in Civil Litigation and Arbitration, Corporate and Commercial Law, Property Law, and Privatisation. He graduated from Sofia University, Faculty of Law and is registered with the Bar Association. He was the chief privatisation expert in the Ministry of Industry. He has drafted a legal opinion for the legal status of the privatization in Bulgaria for the catalogue “Center for International legal studies”.

His practice includes participation in projects of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), ECM – Bulgarian Post Privatization Fund, the Bulgarian Telecommunication Company (BTC). He was a legal adviser of Sofia Municipality for the project for publishing eurobonds and prepared the due diligence report in relation to the privatization of Pharmachim Holding.

He has successfully advised clients in various fields, such as Gazprom, on their investment in a local company (Topenergy), as well as on their licensing regime, their gas imports and exports. He has also advised clients such as Dundee Precious Metals, Chelopech Mining, Aurubis, Assarel Medet, AG Capital, Forton International, Road Infrastructure Agency, International Asset Bank and more. He has represented DSK Bank and AstraZeneca in various cases, as well as ENEL in connection with the large project for the construction of the thermal power plant Maritza East 3. He is the current legal advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Piraeus Bank, Borika, Ciela, Hill Clinic and the Bulgarian Stock Exchange.

He is listed in the Register of industrial property representatives for inventions, utility models and trademarks.

Arno Mamasian is an arbitrator in the court of Arbitration with the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (CEIB) since 2017.

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