Katerina Novakova is a member of the Projects and Regulatory & Procurement teams. Katerina has over 16 years of experience in the natural gas sector: her previous experience includes working as a Chief in-house lawyer at Overgas Inc. – a Bulgarian-Russian joint venture company and one of the major natural gas companies in Bulgaria. She is a specialist in European and national regulatory frameworks and advises on a wide spectrum of issues including wholesale and retail energy trading and supply, natural gas distribution and transmission, mining law and public procurement law, as well as environmental and territory planning issues. Katerina is well-versed in all legal aspects of multi-disciplinary projects with respect to commercial and regulatory matters. She also has extensive experience advising clients on complex litigation and arbitration matters in the natural gas and electricity sectors and actively participated in the legislation process which implemented the Third Energy Package in Bulgaria.

Expertise

• Arbitration
• Energy & Natural Resources
• Infrastructure Projects
• Litigation
• Public Procurement

Admitted to the Bar

Admitted to the bar in Bulgaria

Education

Sofia University in co. with the University of Nancy (LL.M.), 2008
Maastricht University (M.A.), 2005
Sofia University (LL.M.), 2003

Languages

Bulgarian, English, German, Russian

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