Anita Borisova is a Managing Associate in the Sofia office. She focuses on employment and labour law, data privacy and corporate and commercial law.

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING

Employment & Labour Law

• AN AMERICAN PROVIDER OF CLOUD-BASED COMMUNICATION SERVICES on employment matters in relation to onboarding of employees and transfer of assets from their outsourcing vendor following termination of an outsourcing agreement
• OPEN TEXT CORPORATION, a Canadian Software company, on the Bulgarian employment law aspects of the divestment of Open Text’s AMC business and its sale to Rocket Software, a Bain Capital portfolio company, for US$2.275 billion
• ALORICA, a global digital customer experience BPO provider, on the TUPЕ-related aspects of termination of an outsourcing services contract as well as supporting the client’s Bulgarian operations on various labour law matters
• VERITAS, a leader in multi-cloud data management, on a TUPE-like transfer of employees in the context of in-sourcing situation, set-up of the client’s HR operations and policies in Bulgaria as well as various employment law matters
• ISG TECHNOLOGY, a networking and physical infrastructure services provider and part of Allvotec, on employment, corporate, consumer and data protection matters

Data & Cybersecurity

• A VIRTUAL PET COMMUNITY PLATFORM on the consequences of a data breach that had the potential to compromised the data of over 69 million accounts around the world, including preparation of the notification for personal data breach to the Bulgarian Commission for Personal Data Protection and assistance with the follow-up correspondence and requests for information
• KBC GLOBAL SERVICES – BRANCH BULGARIA, a shared service centre of more than 300 employees supporting the KBC Group, on a full-scope analysis of background checks of employees from the perspective of the GDPR and local data privacy laws
• HCL TECHNOLOGIES, and Indian IT services company, on day-to-day labour law and data privacy matters, including an update of employee handbooks and teleworking policies, dismissals and disciplinary sanctions, staff hiring, background checks, employee transfers and transitions, changes to working time, electronic exchange with employees, and on the implementation of an employee monitoring tool

M&A and Corporate

• TAWAL on the acquisition of the telecommunications tower assets of United Group, consisting of more than 4,800 towers across Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia, for EUR 1.2 billion
• HLD-BACKED 52 ENTERTAINMENT, a worldwide leader in bridge online (BBO, Funbridge) and e-sailing (Virtual Regatta), on its expansion into strategy and mind games by the acquisition of Casualino (also known as Zariba Group), the largest independent gaming studio in Bulgaria
• UKG, an American multinational company for HR and workforce management solutions, on the acquisition of Immedis, a global payroll company with significant operations in Bulgaria, and the related post-closing employment law matters

EDUCATION

• 2018 – 2022: University of National and World Economy, Sofia, PhD in Administrative Law with a focus on data privacy
• 2007 – 2012: University of National and World Economy, Sofia, LL.M. (Summa Cum Laude)
• 2008 – 2010: University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Institute for Postgraduate Studies, Financial and Banking Specialist

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

• Sofia Bar Association
• The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

LANGUAGES

Bulgarian, English

PUBLICATIONS

• Manifestation of the principles of lawfulness, fairness and transparency in the field of personal data protection, STUDIA IURIS, issue 2/2021
• Privacy by design, privacy by default and data protection impact assessment as methods for ensuring personal data security, Business and law, issue 3/2021, ISSN (online): 2603-3445
• Historical development of the institutional framework for personal data protection, Collection of reports from a scientific conference 100 years of UNWE, 100 years of law at UNWE volume II – Current issues of the public and criminal law. Current issues of historical, economic and social sciences
• The data protection officer as an instrument for compliance with the accountability principle under the GDPR, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of ASECU, Sustainable Development Goals 2030: Challenges for South and Eastern European Countries and the Black Sea Region, September 26–27, 2019 Sofia, Bulgaria