Biography
Eleanor is an Associate in Signature’s London office, specialising in commercial litigation.
She has experience in highly complex litigation proceedings at all levels of the English Courts, including the Court of Appeal.
Eleanor’s main practice is in commercial litigation where she works for major corporates and ultra-high-net individuals in disputes often involving cross-jurisdictional challenges. Eleanor has experience in contractual disputes arising from loan and sale-purchase agreements, asset recovery, civil fraud cases including misappropriation, deceit and breach of duty claims, She has a strong track record of working on disputes arising out of the Middle East and involving the conflict of laws.
Eleanor is recognised in The Legal 500 UK 2027 for Civil Fraud, where she is praised for being “a calm influence and a safe pair of hands in terms of engaging with the other side, including managing correspondence when matters get heated.”
Prior to joining Signature, Eleanor worked as a paralegal, starting in restructuring and insolvency law at Harrison Clark Rickerbys where she gained insightful experience into various aspects of both personal and company insolvency.
Eleanor was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2025, having previously worked as a paralegal in Signature’s London office.
Experience
Commercial litigation
- Representing Cape plc, a large multinational group which provides industrial services to the energy and natural resources sectors, in its bet-the-company “unprecedented” successful action for injunctive and declaratory relief against a receiver appointed over the company by the court in South Carolina.
- Representing a well-known litigation funding advisory company in High Court proceedings against the estate of a borrower concerning the recovery of a GBP 15m loan granted for the purpose of funding an investment treaty arbitration against a country in the MENA region. This case raises novel questions regarding funding agreements with individuals.
- Representing two ultra-high-net-worth individuals in insolvency proceedings regarding a disputed debt arising from a commercial loan agreement at both first instance and appeal.
- Representing a Middle Eastern HNW individual in a USD 120m claim against two Chinese conglomerates in relation to misappropriation of property and company shares. The case involves allegations of sanction busting and breaches of international money laundering regulation.
- Representing a leading oil trading company in Dubai in relation to High Court Proceedings against a major petroleum trader arising out of sanctions restrictions applicable to Iranian oil.
- Representing an oil exploration company in enforcing a USD 50m LCIA arbitration award in England against a Middle Eastern company and in bringing proceedings against the parent company for fraud. The underlying dispute concerned misappropriation of oil drilling equipment.
Civil Fraud
- Representing the liquidators of companies involved in a high-profile scandal concerning a sophisticated investment fraud scheme in a claim for GBP c.200m against two major international banks for breach of mandate and breach of the Quincecare duty.
- Representing an ultra-high-net-worth individual in Swiss arbitration proceedings with the total value of claim in excess of c.USD 150m concerning fraudulent mismanagement of an offshore trust structure – a Panamanian Foundation.
- Representing a multi-family office which has been wrongly drawn into high-profile English High Court proceedings worth approximately GBP 1.3bn brought by an Eastern European bank in liquidation. Due to this mistake, the client’s premises were subject to a search order and his hard and soft copy data was seized. We sought protection for the client through several emergency court hearings and handled all related issues.