Signature Litigation AARPI

Commercial Litigation & Digital Platform law, Aviation Disputes, Civil Fraud & Enforcement

Counsel Ela Barda is a litigator specialising in commercial litigation, digital platform law, civil fraud and enforcement matters at Signature Litigation’s Paris office.

Ela represents both claimants and defendants before the French civil and commercial courts at all stages of litigation with a particular focus on high-profile cross border disputes.

She has developed specific expertise in digital platform law and regularly represents French and international online platforms and media tech companies in civil and commercial litigation against individuals, companies and local authorities.

Ela also has extensive experience in investigating, initiating and defending civil fraud claims. She regularly acts for international clients on asset-tracing and asset recovery proceedings. She has in-depth experience in pre-action proceedings on a wide range of interim applications. In addition, Ela has developed a strong expertise in the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards.

Ela also represents manufacturers in commercial and product liability disputes in the aviation field, as well as company directors in personal liability cases before commercial courts in the scope of insolvency proceedings.

Associate, Hogan Lovells, 2014; Associate, Signature Litigation, 2019; Senior Associate, Signature Litigation, 2020; Counsel, Signature Litigation, 2023.

French, English, Turkish

Université Paris Dauphine – PSL Université; Paris-Pantheon-Assas University; The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); Ecole de Formation du Barreau de Paris.