{"id":10200,"date":"2026-02-09T23:57:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viac.eu\/ambassador\/yoana-yovnova\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:21:47","slug":"yoana-yovnova","status":"publish","type":"ambassador","link":"https:\/\/www.viac.eu\/en\/ambassador\/yoana-yovnova\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoana Yovnova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hold a law degree&nbsp;from King\u2019s College London and a Masters degree in law from University College London. Following my studies in the United Kingdom, I graduated with a diploma in law from the Sofia University Kliment of Ohrid and became a member of the Bulgarian Bar Association.<\/p>\n<p>I have been a part of Tomov &amp; Tomov for approximately ten years where I have worked exclusively in the field of investment and commercial arbitration. I have&nbsp;acted as counsel in several arbitration proceedings under the ICSID rules. The subject-matter of these cases covered a number of industries such as banking, construction and energy (oil &amp; gas, photovoltaic and electricity distribution and supply).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I am honoured and excited to become the VIAC Ambassador for Bulgaria. Being a part of the VIAC community, exchanging knowledge with distinguished arbitration practitioners and collaborating with them are all new endeavours that I very much look forward to. <\/p>\n<p>I recognize and admire that VIAC is a unique and forward-thinking institution which combines its historical position in the Central and Eastern Europe region with an aspiration for an even greater development. My main goal as a VIAC Ambassador is to assist in strengthening the institution\u2019s ties to Bulgaria.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10202,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"class_list":["post-10200","ambassador","type-ambassador","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viac.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ambassador\/10200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viac.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ambassador"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viac.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ambassador"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viac.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viac.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}