Legal Counsel, Omni Bridgeway

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Biography

Sumru Akter is a Legal Counsel at Omni Bridgeway, responsible for assessing funding inquiries and managing funded matters in arbitration, litigation and cross-border enforcements. 

Before joining Omni Bridgeway, she practiced law at Pinsent Masons where she represented construction and energy companies, financial institutions and distributors in operational disputes, debt recovery proceedings and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. She also has experience before the European Court of Human Rights in relation to applications concerning the right to property and fair trial. 

Sumru holds LL.M. degrees in international disputes from the CIDS (Geneva LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement), another one in Economic Law from the Galatasaray University (Turkey) and a degree in Bachelor of Laws from Marmara University (Turkey).

Sumru is admitted to the Istanbul Bar. She is a native Turkish speaker, fluent in English and proficient in German. 
Nationality

Türkiye

Working languages

English
Turkish

Other languages

German

Location

Netherlands
Amsterdam

Areas of Expertise

International Commercial Arbitration
International Dispute Settlement
Transnational Litigation
International Arbitration
Private International Law

Bar information

2015

Legal Counsel, Omni Bridgeway

Contact

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