Eleni Polycarpou

Eleni is a partner in the litigation and co-head of the international arbitration team, focusing on international commercial disputes either in litigation or in arbitration and art law disputes.

She is a member of the Middle East group and has worked with clients and on commercial cases with connections particularly with Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Saudi Arabia for many years.

Eleni acts for high net worth individuals and their companies often advising on shareholder and joint venture disputes and contractual disputes in a variety of fields including cryptocurrency, banking, oil and gas and technology. She has a specialist practice advising on art related disputes advising collectors, galleries, museums, auction houses on all art-related matters.

She is also Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and takes arbitrator appointments.

She is also a CEDR accredited mediator and is also admitted to the panel of arbitrators and mediators for the Greek Arbitration and Mediation Centre (EODID). She has a proven track record of achieving a successful settlement of disputes via mediation.

Eleni lives in London and is a dual national (Cyprus and UK). She speaks fluent Greek, English and Italian often acting for clients from those jurisdictions