Elena Kostadinova is a Policy Officer in the Smart and Sustainable Growth Unit of the Commission’s department for regional and urban policy (DG REGIO), focusing on smart specialisation, entrepreneurship, start-ups and SMEs.
Before joining the Smart and Sustainable Growth Unit, Elena worked as a Legal and Policy Officer in Intellectual Property Unit of the Commission’s department for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), as a lawyer in the Legal Unit of DG Trade, an advisor to the Hearing Officer for Trade and an associate in a top international law firm in Brussels.
Elena graduated from the University of Sofia and holds an LL.M. in European law from the College of Europe, Bruges.