Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Band 1

Professional Negligence: Mainly Claimant

London (Firms)

1 Years Ranked

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Art and Cultural Property Law

UK-wide

6 Years Ranked

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Provided by Eleni Polycarpou

UK

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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 as someone who is ‘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 widely respected international arbitration practice and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators acting as counsel and as arbitrator in commercial disputes in many sectors including 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 including wide ranging issues appearing in the COVID pandemic. She is acting for art galleries, museums, artists and collectors in all types of art related disputes and transactions and has dealt with high profile international title disputes, consignment, provenance and authenticity disputes.

Professional Memberships

Hellenic Law Association of London; and

London Court of International Arbitration.

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Professional Negligence: Mainly Claimant - London (Firms)

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Band 1
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Eleni Polycarpou co-leads the professional negligence team at Withers. She is particularly active in the legal negligence space, advising both claimants and defendants and their insurers. She also has experience handling claims relating to alleged tax negligence.


Art and Cultural Property Law - UK-wide

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial
Eleni Polycarpou's practice includes litigation and matters such as title disputes and international restitution matters.

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