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Eleni Polycarpou

Solicitor

Education: Durham University • College of Law (London)
Admitted: England and Wales, 2005
Languages spoken: Greek • Italian
Year joined: 2003

Overview

Eleni advises clients on international and domestic commercial disputes and arbitrations as well as company and personal insolvency. She also acts for barristers in cases of alleged professional negligence.

As a fluent Greek and Italian speaker Eleni's practice extends to assisting Italian and Greek / Cypriot clients needing advice in England and Wales.

Highlights

Pozzoli SpA v Warwick Media Publishing Limited (formerly known as Warwick Media Distribution Limited)
Carol Williams v Thompson Leatherdale (A Firm) and Nicholas Francis [2008] EWHC 2574
Pritchard Joyce and Hinds (A Firm) v David Batcup and Peter Susman QC [2008] EWHC 20
Other highlights include advising an individual investor in a fraud claim against a financial services firm, acting for an Italian construction company on a claim for breach of contract against an English construction company and acting for a financial services firm in an arbitration claim for breach of contract against independent financial advisers.

Memberships

Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, ACIArb
British Italian Law Association
Young Arbitration Group

On a personal note

Eleni loves travel and cooking. She has previously backpacked extensively through central and south America, as well as Australia, new Zealand and India. She has also spent a year working and studying in Italy, and six months in Brussels as part of a stage at the European Commission.

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