Ogier

Dispute Resolution; Restructuring and Insolvency; Trusts Advisory Group

Counsel

Ewelina is a commercial litigator with a broad range of domestic and international experience. Her focus is on financial disputes, civil and commercial fraud, contentious trust disputes and cross-border insolvency.

As part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Restructuring and Insolvency team, Ewelina advises in relation to all aspects of contentious insolvency, acting for creditors, members, insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders in an insolvency and restructuring process. She also advises on all aspects of liquidations, schemes of arrangement, company restorations and company insolvency generally. Ewelina is often instructed on debt recovery matters which involve drafting demand letters, issuing debt proceedings and registration of the judgment debts. She also advises on applications where recognition of the foreign insolvency practitioners is sought.

Ewelina's most recent work includes advising the joint liquidators of Three Arrows Capital Ltd (in liquidation) in relation to all aspects of insolvency issues relating to cryptocurrency business. The case involves novel point in which the BVI court has endorsed what is believed to be its first extra-territorial order summoning directors of a BVI company (in liquidation) to appear for private examination by joint liquidators.

Ewelina also worked on the restructuring and debt refinancing of Constellation Overseas, including a ground-breaking "soft touch" provisional liquidation in the BVI.

Admitted in: 2013 - England and Wales (non-practising) | 2016 - British Virgin Islands | 2017 - Solicitor Advocate, England and Wales (non-practising)

Polish and English

Ewelina's professional memberships include: Bar of England and Wales, Solicitor Advocate England and Wales, BVI Bar Association, Restructuring and Insolvency Association (BVI) and INSOL International.