Admission:
England & Wales, Australia

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.

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