Dima Alexandrova

Dima Alexandrova is an mediator, ADR lecturer and trainer, attorney with a decade of experience in mediation, negotiation and dispute resolution. A certified mediator since 2016, she is empaneled with the Sofia City Court, VIAC and the Bulgarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce. She regularly trains lawyers and mediators in mediation and ADR, including commercial and workplace mediation, and has delivered more than 30 mediation courses with the Professional Association of Mediators in Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Bar School. She has also trained students in mediation for Sofia University 2014-2023 and for King`s College London 2017-2018. Her practice combines substantial hands-on mediation experience with academic and professional training. Dima has acted as a court mediator since 2019, mediating a wide range of civil and commercial disputes. In her private mediation practice, she focuses primarily on civil and commercial matters as well. She is associated with Sofia University and the German Faculty of the Technical University in Sofia as a Lecturer in Mediation and Negotiation. Dima is also a 2023 Weinstein JAMS Fellow and a 2017 Lord Slynn Fellow, through which she gained first-hand experience with leading ADR practices in the United States and UK, including shadowing JAMS and Brick Court Chambers neutrals and attending programs at Stanford and Pepperdine University. Her international ADR experience also includes serving as a coach, arbitrator, judge and expert-assessor in leading international mediation and dispute resolution competitions. She was named Mediator of the Year at Bulgaria’s National Justice Awards in 2021 and received a Bulgarian Ministry of Justice award for her systematic contribution to ADR education in 2023.