Isabella Fahmy
Associate
Isabella has experience acting for multinational companies and large financial institutions in a range of complex high-value commercial litigation and multi-jurisdictional disputes.
Prior to joining Seladore, Isabella worked in the litigation team at the Sydney office of a major global law firm focusing on commercial litigation, corporate disputes and civil fraud disputes. During that time, she acted for clients in matters before the Federal Court of Australia and the various state Supreme Courts at first instance and on appeal.
Prior to that, Isabella spent a year as a Tipstaff (judicial assistant) to a Judge in the Equity Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
Isabella graduated from the University of Sydney with a BCom and a Juris Doctor. She is qualified to practice in England & Wales and Australia.
- Acting for a large international bank in relation to a high-profile FX litigation before the Federal Court of Australia.
- Acting for the administrators of an insolvent trade credit insurance company in one of the largest insurance proceedings ever brought in the Australian Courts.
- Acting for a multinational resources conglomerate in a contractual interpretation dispute: Mineralogy Pty Ltd v Adani Mining Pty Ltd & Anor [2023] HCASL 34 (16 March 2023).
- Acting for a high-net-worth individual in a multi-jurisdiction civil fraud dispute against activist short-sellers, concerned issues of insider trading, market manipulation and misleading and deceptive conduct.
News & Insights
Seladore contributes to GIR Market Review: Privilege 2025
In this year’s edition of GIR Market Review: Privilege 2025 for Global Investigations Review, Dan Hudson, Kevin Kilgour and Luke Taylor explore how legal privilege is adapting to new technologies and the evolving landscape of investigations.
Seladore acts in successful Privy Council case on “just and equitable” winding up
Seladore Legal has acted for the successful Respondent in a Privy Council appeal upholding the winding-up of a Cayman exempted limited partnership on the just and equitable ground, clarifying the scope of the jurisdiction beyond traditional “quasi-partnership” cases.
The benefits of external investigations of supply chains
Seladore Legal today co-hosted a breakfast seminar with Matrix Chambers on the benefits of external investigations of supply chains.