Background
Kyutchukov, Stephan Z. was born in 1965 in Sofia.
Kyutchukov, Stephan Z. was born in 1965 in Sofia.
University of Sofia (Bachelor of Laws, 1991). Academy of American and International Law, Dallas, Texas (Diploma, 1992). Spoken languages: Bulgarian and English.
Worked at Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov (Sofia) specializing in Foreign Investment, Corporate Law, Environmental Law, Finance, Franchising, Charitable Organizations, Intellectual Property, Securities, Banking, Bankruptcy. Admitted to the bar, 1996. Recipient, Rector"s Award for Excellence in Study, University of Sofia.
Coordinator and Research Fellow of the Law Reform and Comparative Law Program, Center for the Study of Democracy, 1991.
Law Clerk, Commercial Department, Sofia City Court, 1992. Author, Publication, "Liability for Pecuniary Damages," Annual Book of the Sofia University School of Law, 1991.
Company-Author, "Law on Economic Activity of Foreign Persons and on Protection of Foreign Investments-Translations and Comments," 1992. Lectured on the Bulgarian legal system, University of Colorado at Boulder and Denver University, 1994.
Faculty Member, Salzburg Seminar Session, Building and Sustaining Democracies, The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations, 1995.
Research Fellow, Scholar in Residence with the Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas, 1996. Guest Speaker, Academy of American and International Law, Southwestern Legal Foundation, topic: "Non-Governmental Organizations," 1996. Foreign attorney, Hutchinson Black & Cook, Limited liability company , Boulder, Colorado, 1993.
General Counsel, Bulgarian-American Enterprise Fund, 1994-1996.
Principal drafter of the Draft Law on Non-Profit Organizations, 1992. Chairman, Drafting Committee on the Draft Law on Secured Transactions, 1995.
Drafter, Regulation on Registries Maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Member: Legal Initiative for Training and Development (Founding Member and Advisory Board Member, 1994).
Member: Legal Initiative for Training and Development (Founding Member and Advisory Board Member, 1994).