Ms Jenny Arlington > Akin > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Akin
EIGHTH FLOOR
TEN BISHOPS SQUARE
LONDON
E1 6EG
England
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Work Department

Senior Counsel; Dispute Resolution

Position

Jenny Arlington has more than 10 years’ experience in representing a wide range of clients in high-value, complex international arbitrations under most of the main arbitral rules. She also acts in top end, intricate cross-border commercial litigations in the English High Court and, in conjunction with local counsel, in off-shore jurisdictions. The international disputes she handles have a particular focus on Russia, CIS, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and the Middle East. Native Bulgarian, she is fluent in English, Russian and German, trained at a Magic Circle firm and has a LL.M. in European Union law.

Jenny also has long-standing expertise in data protection, privacy and cybersecurity matters and is a CIPP/E. She assists technology companies, clients handling Big Data and multinational conglomerates with compliance and in investigations involving cutting edge issues in this area, and advises multinational clients, including those developing and deploying machine-learning and AI technologies, on related UK and EU legislation and regulation.

To learn more about Ms. Arlington, please visit her full profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/jenny-arlington

Languages

Bulgarian; English; German; Russian

Memberships

Tech London Advocates

YIAG LCIA

ICDR Young and International

ICC YAF

Education

LL.M., Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, magna cum laude, 2007; LL.B. (Hons), University of Bristol, with honors, 2006

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration

(Leading associates)

Jenny ArlingtonAkin

A ‘definite choice‘ for major international arbitration, Akin‘s London office leverages the firm’s sector expertise in energy, technology and infrastructure. Worldwide international arbitration practice head Justin Williams is an energy disputes specialist, while Kambiz Larizadeh is ‘a great arbitration practitioner’. The department further includes Jenny Arlington, whose international disputes work focuses on Russia, CIS, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and the Middle East, and Conor Mc Stravick, who handles multi-jurisdictional commercial arbitrations under a range of governing laws and arbitral rules.