Menko Menkov

Menko Menkov was born on 15.10.1965 in the village of Karamanovo, Ruse District. He completed his primary education at the Hristo Botev Primary School in his native village. He continued his education at the Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky Secondary Militia School in Pazardzhik where he also completed his military service for the entire four-year period of training.

He acquired his first legal education at the Academy of the Ministry of the Interior in the town of Sofia. He successfully graduated with a gold medal in 1990, majoring in Law and Public Order Protection and Fight against Crime. In 2008 he obtained a second master’s degree in joint studies at the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia and the Universities of Nancy and Strasbourg/France, graduating with a degree in Law of the European Union and International Relations.

He started his legal career as an investigator, which he was until June 1993. He was sworn in as a lawyer at the Sofia Bar Association on 08.07.1993, and continues to practise this noble profession.
With great tenacity, perseverance and persistence, he managed to build a legal empire, and become one of the most prestigious lawyers and jurists in the country. Clients of his law firm include ordinary people as well as powerful national and multinational corporations. He has earned the nickname ‘top lawyer of the political class’, defending and representing prime ministers, ministers, MPs, mayors from across the political spectrum. He also represents the interests of the most famous heroes of modern times. He has earned great recognition and respect in scholarly legal circles, with many of whose distinguished representatives he is close friends. Thanks to his determination and indomitability, his law firm acquired the nickname ‘Menko Menkov’s Pack’. Recognized as a formidable orator, his remarkable improvisational pleadings have become masterpieces of court oratory. His so-called ‘landmark’ or ‘high public interest’ cases have become remarkable Hollywood spectacles.

His continuous legal training, the experience, diligence and relentlessness he puts into his work, and the confidence in victory he exudes, make him an invaluable inspiration and patron to his clients. Thanks to his in-depth knowledge in many fields beyond law, he emanates inimitable erudition, stability and confidence. In his remarkable career path, he has managed to turn around to a successful conclusion the most difficult and, in the opinion of most observers, impossible court dramas played out in recent decades.

Menko Menkov has twice been awarded the Lawyer of the Year award. He and other attorneys from his firm are multiple winners of the Case of the Year award. At the end of 2022, an authoritative jury composed of academics, professors and magistrates awarded Menko Menkov & Partners Law Firm the Law Firm of the Year award.