Eleni Polycarpou

Practice Areas

Eleni is a litigation and arbitration specialist with long standing expertise in art law and is responsible for contentious art matters in London. She is described in directories as ‘highly respected within the sector’ and 'very knowledgeable and exceptional with clients’, someone who ‘just gets it, knows how cases should be handled especially when it comes to the very sensitive ones’.

Eleni co-heads the firm's international arbitration practice and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators acting as counsel and as arbitrator in commercial disputes in sectors including technology, shipping and banking. She has acted as counsel in many high value commercial arbitration matters in a number of institutions including LCIA and ICC.

Eleni is a trusted adviser to high net worth individuals and their businesses often advising on cross-border matters and digital matters including NFTs. She is acting for art galleries, museums, artists and collectors in various art related disputes and transactions and has dealt with high profile international title disputes, consignment, provenance and authenticity disputes. She has recently acted on one of the first NFT injunction matters against persons unknown together with her colleagues in Singapore.

Professional Memberships

Hellenic Law Association of London

London Court of International Arbitration