CEEGC 2016 Budapest Speaker profile: Nadya Hambach

Nadya Hambach is a specialized gaming lawyer in Bulgaria and advises for more than a decade gaming companies doing business in Bulgaria and Eastern Europe. Her expertise covers also Corporate and Commercial Law, Administrative Law, Contract Law, IP Law, Competition Law, which helps her using an in-depth knowledge of many relevant legal aspects of the gaming business and combines it with commercial understanding of its specifics.

As a Member of the Management Board of the Bulgarian Association of the manufacturers and operators in the gaming industry (BTAGI) (position she holds until 2012), she participates actively in the consultation process for adopting the new gaming regulation in Bulgaria and represents the Bulgarian gaming industry in the EXCOM and Legal Committee of EUROMAT (European Gaming and Amusement Federation). Since June 2012 she is Head of Gaming and Entertainment Law practice Group at Velchev&Co Law Offices, boutique law firm specialized in new technology law (telecommunications, banking, media, IT, Entertainment Law). Since October 2012 she is a General member of IMGL. Nadya Hambach is a recognised speaker at the most prominent international gaming forums and publishes regularly in key industry editions worldwide.

Nadya Hambach holds two L.LM degrees – one from Sofia University (2004) and one from the University of London UCL (2011), specialising in Corporate and Commercial Law with a focus on IP on the Internet, European Competition Law and International Trade law.

She is registered with Sofia BAR and Munich BAR as an European Lawyer.