Dimo Gospodinov

– LAWYER AND MANAGING PARTNER –

EDUCATION

Degrees

• Doctor of European Union Law (2021–2025) — Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Dissertation: “Burden and Standard of Proof in Establishing Civil Liability within the EU Digital Single Market.”
• Master of Laws with distinction — 2012, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia.
• Secondary specialized education, “Economics and Management” — 2006, “Knyaz Simeon Tarnovski” Technical High School, Stara Zagora.

Certifications

• Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe with IAPP (CIPP/E).
• Certified Information Privacy Manager with IAPP (CIPM).
• Commercial mediator — 2016, Center for Dispute Resolution, Sofia.

Areas of specialization

• Civil procedure and electronic means of evidence.
• Civil liability in the EU digital space.
• EU digital policy and regulation.
• Data protection and information security.
• Tourism and consumer law.

Additional qualifications

• “CS50 for Lawyers” — Harvard University, 2023.
• “Internet Giants: The Law and Economics of Media Platforms” — University of Chicago, 2018, distance learning.
• Introduction to American Law — 2017, University of Pennsylvania, USA, distance learning.
• Successful Business Decisions through Strategy, Law and Ethics — 2017, University of Michigan, USA, distance learning.
• Negotiation course — 2016, University of Michigan, USA, distance learning.
• “Harvard course” on the Microeconomics of Competitiveness — 2015, Center for Economic Strategy and Competitiveness at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Practice

• Lawyer with the Sofia Bar Association — since 2014.
• Co-founder and managing partner of Gospodinov & Genchev Law Firm (GGlaw) — since 2017.
• Procedural representative in hundreds of cases — commercial, civil and administrative matters.
• Handles cases that set precedent — including landmark precedents of the Supreme Court of Cassation on electronic evidence and copyright; on the notarial certification of electronic documents, the admissibility of electronic evidence, data protection and liability for electronic services.
• Data Protection Officer — since 2018.
• Leads corporate compliance projects under the data protection regime — impact assessments (DPIA), vendor management, incident response and compliance audits.
• Advises on EU digital law — GDPR, DSA, DMA, AI Act, Data Act.
• Prepares legal analyses and policy work for international organisations — the World Bank and NGOs.

Memberships and accreditations

• International Associate of the American Bar Association — since 2019.
• Member of the “Fellow of Information Privacy” (FIP) club of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) — since 2019.

Teaching and speaking

• Guest lecturer in European Union law at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.
• Regular lecturer at the “Krastyu Tsonchev” Training Centre for Lawyers.
• Lecturer at ERP Academy at the University of Finance, Business and Entrepreneurship.
• Speaker and moderator at conferences — IAPP PrivacyConnect (Sofia), OneTrust Connect, Sofia University seminars.

Publications

• Book: “Issues in Proving Civil Liability in the EU’s Digital Space” — Ciela Publishing, 2025.
• Book (co-author): “Privacy by Design: Principles, Practices and Technologies” — with Assoc. Prof. Anton Gerunov, PhD, and Dimiter Shalvardjiev, Eng., 2019.
• Collection (co-author): “Law and Order: Justice in 5 Steps” — MoveBG Foundation, 2014.
• “Burden and Standard of Proof in Liability for Unauthorized Payment Transactions” — Lex.bg, January 2025.
• “Issues of Electronic Documents and Electronic Signatures in Bulgarian Courts’ Application of the eIDAS Regulation” — Obshtestvo i Pravo, July 2024.
• “Intermediary Liability in the Context of the New Digital Services Regulation” — Obshtestvo i Pravo, May 2024.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Organisations

• Founder and Chairman of the Board of the “Ant Collective” Foundation — an initiative for accessible case law, templates and resources for proving facts in the digital environment.

Causes and initiatives

• Devised the legal concept and drafted the claims in the class action regarding air pollution in the City of Sofia against Sofia Municipality — a four-year proceeding in which the claimants successfully obtained judgment against the municipality. Personally served among the procedural representatives.
• Coordinator of “Legal Programs” at the MoveBG Foundation, 2013–2016 — initiatives for legislative reform in the justice system, e-government, electoral rules, media pluralism and open data.