Eleanor specializes in complex commercial disputes, insurance recovery and insolvency-related disputes, including professional negligence claims. She represents a broad range of clients, including liquidators, investment and retail banks, corporations, insurance companies and brokers.
Eleanor trained and qualified at Reed Smith in London in the Global Commercial Disputes Group, working as a member of the Insurance Recovery Group, as well as handling other general commercial and financial services matters.
In 2016 she moved to Hong Kong, where she joined a specialist investigative dispute resolution practice and qualified as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong. There she worked on insolvencies being litigated in the Hong Kong courts, including professional negligence claims involving directors, auditors and other professional service providers. Eleanor returned to Reed Smith in London in 2019, re-joining the Global Commercial Disputes Group.
Eleanor was seconded to one of the UK’s largest retail banks for six months, advising the business on an adjudication concerning the UK cash machine network, assisting with settlements under a Group Litigation Order and advising on insurance coverage for the settlement of PPI claims.
Eleanor is actively involved in pro bono. She works as part of a large case team working alongside Amicus, helping provide representation for those facing the death penalty in the U.S.
