Isabella Fahmy
Associate
DDI +44 (0)20 4583 2090
isabella.fahmy@seladorelegal.com
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 and was enrolled as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 2021 and the High Court of Australia in 2023.
- 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 & Media
The witness statement problem in international arbitration
Writing in the New York Law Journal, Seladore’s Laurence Shore, Liang-Ying Tan, and Matt Robertson examine the growing concerns around written witness statements in international arbitration.
Dan Hudson comments in Law360 on Crime and Policing Bill 2025
Partner Dan Hudson was recently quoted in Law360’s analysis of the Crime and Policing Bill 2025, which introduces reforms aimed at strengthening asset recovery and corporate liability in economic crime cases.
Simon Bushell writes for The Times on art market fraud
In his latest article for The Times, Senior Partner Simon Bushell explores why regulatory gaps, weak enforcement, and a culture of opacity continue to expose art market players to serious financial risk – and produce fertile ground for the next major scandal.
