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Yana Antonova
Senior Associate

Yana Antonova

Languages
  • Bulgarian
  • English
  • German

Yana Antonova is a senior associate in the Litigation, Arbitration, Insurance, Employment team of CMS Sofia, who mainly focuses on dispute resolution. 

Yana specialises in litigation and alternative dispute resolution such as negotiation and arbitration. She has extensive experience representing clients in court, as well as before domestic and international arbitration tribunals, and has a commendable track record in achieving favourable court and out-of-court settlements. She has successfully managed complex cases involving commercial, employment, insurance, real estate, and tax issues, often involving more than one jurisdiction.

Her practice includes handling cases before special administrative jurisdictions, such as the Commission for Protection of Competition and the Commission for Anti-Corruption and Illegal Assets Forfeiture. She has extensive experience in civil confiscation and conflict-of-interest proceedings. 

Yana advises clients from diverse sectors including agriculture, financial services, information and communication technology, energy, the food Industry, manufacturing, and many others. 

Before joining CMS, Yana worked in the litigation team of an international consultancy firm and contributed as a local expert on a Bulgarian insolvency reform project supported by the European Commission's Structural Reform Support Service.

Awards & Recognitions
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    “A promising litigator” and “very efficient and hard working”
    Legal 500

Relevant experience

  • A global leader in water technology systems on settling a dispute with a Bulgarian hydropower producer before the ICC International Court of Arbitration.
  • Two Bulgarian holding companies on a confiscation claim worth over EUR 100 million brought by the Commission for Anti-Corruption and Illegal Assets Forfeiture in connection with pending criminal proceedings.
  • A Bulgarian hydropower producer in a post-privatisation dispute initiated by Bulgaria’s Public Enterprises and Control Agency.
  • Leading agriculture companies in several arbitration cases before the Arbitration Court at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 
  • A leading insurance company on a number of litigation proceedings regarding insurance and damage claims. 
  • A foreign embassy in Bulgaria before the Supreme Court of Cassation in an international employment dispute.
  • Two major Bulgarian fresh juice producers on unfair commercial practices proceedings before the Bulgarian Commission for Protection of Competition.
  • A number of electricity producers before the Supreme Court of Cassation in compensation claims against the state, represented by the Minister of Finance, involving Bulgaria’s feed-in tariff.
  • A former minister in the government of the Republic of Bulgaria in conflict-of-interest proceedings before the Commission for Anti-Corruption and Illegal Assets Forfeiture. 

Memberships & Roles

  • Sofia Bar Association

Education

  • 2016 – LL.M., Law, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”