Through her support of Professor James Crawford she has experience of cases brought before the International Court of Justice (including Georgia v Russia; Costa Rica v Nicaragua and Croatia v Bosnia and Herzegovina), in which she assisted in the drafting of memorials and oral pleadings.

She was involved in investment arbitrations and contract-based disputes involving a State entity. She researched and drafted expert opinions for the benefit of States and corporations appearing before arbitral tribunals (including in the Yukos v Russia arbitrations and in Chevron v Ecuador before the PCA), the CJEU (in the Kadi II case), and before US and UK courts (for example in Talisman v Presbyterian Church of Sudan before the US Supreme Court).

She has great enthusiasm for the practice of public international law and investment arbitration.

Dr Yotova founded the Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law with Andrew Sanger, and convened its Inaugural Conference in 2012.