Practice Areas
With close to a decade of experience in legal investigations, Isabel advises states, investors, and corporate clients on complex cross-border disputes. She co-leads Raedas’s sovereign disputes practice and supports clients at all stages of the dispute lifecycle — from pre-action intelligence and interim relief through to enforcement and settlement strategy.
Isabel has extensive experience supporting enforcement of criminal claims, civil litigation, and arbitral awards (including ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID and LCIA awards), particularly in the context of bilateral investment treaty claims. She brings her investigative acumen to discussions with legal, accounting and communications advisors to develop creative strategies for recovery, including veil piercing, alter ego, and commercial purpose arguments.
As well as her work on sovereign matters, Isabel assists clients involved in sensitive internal investigations, whistleblower complaints, and probing instances of corruption and fraud. This includes investigations within the energy, extractives, telecoms and construction sectors across India, sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.
She is recognised for integrating investigative, legal and reputational expertise to provide strategic insight on enforcement as a forward-looking component of high-value disputes. Isabel has authored expert reports presented in foreign courts and arbitration forums.
Isabel is a regular speaker on enforcement strategy and the identification of unusual assets, including at London International Disputes Week, Dubai Arbitration Week, the Nivalion Legal Finance Summit in Frankfurt, and on ThoughtLeaders4 panels covering enforcement and investigations. She regularly provides clients with bespoke training on a range of investigative issues, and co-leads Raedas’s Women in Disputes initiative in which she regularly moderates discussions with leading voices across a range of sectors.
Clients describe Isabel as: “Brilliant ... very knowledgeable, practical and detailed” noting that she is “very clever and good with clients.” She also has an “understanding of the global enforcement space and options available to clients that go further than the standard”.(Chambers, Global Asset Tracing & Recovery Guide 2022-2025)
She began her career with a background in reputation management and legal strategy in support of high-profile litigation. She has lived and worked in Malaysia.
