Experience & CV
EXPERIENCE AS AN INDEPENDENT ARBITRATOR AND COUNSEL
Isabel has 20 years of experience in the field of international arbitration.
As independent arbitrator, Isabel has served in different capacities in a variety of commercial disputes. She brings her two decades of experience as counsel in a leading international arbitration law firm to her independent arbitrator practice. She is efficient and detail oriented. She understands the importance of being prepared and learning the case in depth.
As counsel, Isabel’s practice covers every stage of an international dispute, from drafting arbitration agreements and providing pre-dispute advice, to representing parties in arbitration proceedings and counseling clients through the final phases of award recognition, enforcement, and set-aside. Isabel has significant experience negotiating settlement agreements for international disputes.
EXPERIENCE AS AN INDEPENDENT ARBITRATOR AND COUNSEL
Isabel has 20 years of experience in the field of international arbitration.
As independent arbitrator, Isabel has served in different capacities in a variety of commercial disputes. She brings her two decades of experience as counsel in a leading international arbitration law firm to her independent arbitrator practice. She is efficient and detail oriented. She understands the importance of being prepared and learning the case in depth.
As counsel, Isabel’s practice covers every stage of an international dispute, from drafting arbitration agreements and providing pre-dispute advice, to representing parties in arbitration proceedings and counseling clients through the final phases of award recognition, enforcement, and set-aside. Isabel has significant experience negotiating settlement agreements for international disputes.
Sectors & Industries
Isabel has significant experience involving the following industries and sectors
Electricity
Environmental
Entertainment
Financial Services
General Commercial Disputes
Infrastructure
Electricity
Environmental
Entertainment
Financial Services
General Commercial Disputes
Infrastructure
Intelectual Property
Mining
Oil & Gas
Upstream, Downstream and LNG
Pharmaceutical
Renewable Energy
Telecommunications
Intelectual Property
Mining
Upstream, Downstream and LNG
Oil & Gas
Pharmaceutical
Renewable Energy
Telecommunications
Experience
Arbitral Rules
Isabel has experience handling matters under the main international arbitration institutions:
- AAA/ICDR
- ICC
- ICSID
- PCA – UNCITRAL Rules
- CRCICA (Cairo Centre)
- IACAC (Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission)
- SCC (Stockholm)
- UNCITRAL Rules (ad hoc)
She is comfortable arbitrating under these arbitration rules, as well as those of LCIA, SIAC, and others.
Representative matters
- Co-arbitrator in ICDR/AAA commercial dispute relating to Latin America seated in Miami, Florida law governing.
- Co- arbitrator in ICDR/AAA commercial dispute in the United States, seated in New York, New York law governing.
- Represented US major oil company in AAA arbitration against Chinese counterparty for breach of contract.
- Represented US major manufacturing company in a Miami-seated commercial arbitration under IACAC rules against a Mexican counterparty. US law governing.
- Represented transportation company in Singapore-seated contractual dispute under Philippine law against Government of the Philippines.
- Represented Unión Fenosa Gas in ICSID arbitration against the Arab Republic of Egypt involving to treaty violations relating to the failure to supply gas under a long-term gas supply agreement.
- Represented Unión Fenosa Gas in two related breach-of-contract claims against EGAS in CRCICA commercial arbitrations relating to a long-term gas supply contract.
- Represented Chevron Corporation in a treaty arbitration (UNCITRAL) against the Republic of Ecuador seated in The Hague related to undue delays by Ecuadorian courts.
- Represented Chevron Corporation in a treaty and contract arbitration against the Republic of Ecuador seated in The Hague concerning denial of justice and other treaty and contractual (Ecuadorian law) violations relating the US$9 billion environmental judgment issued by the Ecuadorian courts in Lago Agrio, Ecuador.
- Represented The Renco Group in parallel contractual (Peruvian law) and treaty claims in UNCITRAL arbitration seated in Paris against Activos Mineros and the Republic of Peru.
- Represented Danish company in treaty arbitration before ICSID against Government of Algeria.
- Represented Noble Energy and MachalaPower in parallel treaty and commercial arbitrations before ICSID against the Government of Ecuador.
Publications and Conferences
Isabel is a frequent public speaker and author on topics related to international arbitration.
Representative Publications
- King & Spalding partner goes solo in New York, 13 April, 2023 (available at https://globalarbitrationreview.com/)
- Why Investors May Pursue Int’l Arbitration on Russian Default, Law360, July 12, 2022 (available at Why Investors May Pursue Int’l Arbitration On Russian Default (kslaw.com))
- The reign in Spain: Courts Clarify Scope of Arbitration, Practical Law Arbitration Blog, March 26, 2021 (available at The reign in Spain: Courts clarify scope of arbitration | Arbitration Blog (practicallaw.com)
- “A Defense of the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation”, in Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation: The Fordham Papers 2014 (with R. Doak Bishop), edited by Arthur W. Rovine (Brill Nijhof, 2015).
- “Fair and Equitable Treatment – Evolution or Revolution?” in Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law, Vol. 2 (Juris Publishing, 2009).
- “The Registration of an ICSID Arbitration Request” (Cameron May Publications, 2007). Paper for the Conference Commercial and Investment Arbitration in Latin America: New Challenges for Governments, Corporations and Practitioners, Quito, Ecuador, November 2007.
Recent Speaking Engagements
- “The amendments to the ECT”, NYU Latin American Arbitration Society, New York University, New York, April 2023.
- “Arbitration in the context of Energy Transition” Harvard International Arbitration Conference, Harvard University, Massachusetts, March 2023.
- “Lessons learned from the field: navigating the challenges of enforcement against State-owned entities” 11th ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration, Houston, Texas January 2023.
Employment history
Partner 2020-2023 New York City
Counsel 2015 – 2020 New York City
Senior Associate / Associate 2005- 2014 Houston and New York City
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP (legacy Fulbright & Jaworski LLP)
Foreign Associate – International Disputes 2003-2004 Houston
Education and Admissions
- Master in Corporate Law, Instituto de Empresa Madrid, Spain (2003)
- J.D., Complutense University of Madrid, Spain (2002)
- J.D., Sorbonne University, Paris I, France (2002)
- Isabel is admitted to the Spanish Bar (Madrid) (2003). She is registered in New York as a Foreign Legal Consultant (2013).
Experience
Arbitral Rules
Isabel has experience handling matters under the main international arbitration institutions:
- AAA/ICDR
- ICC
- ICSID
- PCA – UNCITRAL Rules
- CRCICA (Cairo Centre)
- IACAC (Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission)
- SCC (Stockholm)
- UNCITRAL Rules (ad hoc)
She is comfortable arbitrating under these arbitration rules, as well as those of LCIA, SIAC, and others.
Representative matters
- Co-arbitrator in ICDR/AAA commercial dispute relating to Latin America seated in Miami, Florida law governing.
- Co- arbitrator in ICDR/AAA commercial dispute in the United States, seated in New York, New York law governing.
- Represented US major oil company in AAA arbitration against Chinese counterparty for breach of contract.
- Represented US major manufacturing company in a Miami-seated commercial arbitration under IACAC rules against a Mexican counterparty. US law governing.
- Represented transportation company in Singapore-seated contractual dispute under Philippine law against Government of the Philippines.
- Represented Unión Fenosa Gas in ICSID arbitration against the Arab Republic of Egypt involving to treaty violations relating to the failure to supply gas under a long-term gas supply agreement.
- Represented Unión Fenosa Gas in two related breach-of-contract claims against EGAS in CRCICA commercial arbitrations relating to a long-term gas supply contract.
- Represented Chevron Corporation in a treaty arbitration (UNCITRAL) against the Republic of Ecuador seated in The Hague related to undue delays by Ecuadorian courts.
- Represented Chevron Corporation in a treaty and contract arbitration against the Republic of Ecuador seated in The Hague concerning denial of justice and other treaty and contractual (Ecuadorian law) violations relating the US$9 billion environmental judgment issued by the Ecuadorian courts in Lago Agrio, Ecuador.
- Represented The Renco Group in parallel contractual (Peruvian law) and treaty claims in UNCITRAL arbitration seated in Paris against Activos Mineros and the Republic of Peru.
- Represented Danish company in treaty arbitration before ICSID against Government of Algeria.
- Represented Noble Energy and MachalaPower in parallel treaty and commercial arbitrations before ICSID against the Government of Ecuador.
Publications and Conferences
Isabel is a frequent public speaker and author on topics related to international arbitration.
Representative Publications
- King & Spalding partner goes solo in New York, 13 April, 2023 (available at https://globalarbitrationreview.com/)
- Why Investors May Pursue Int’l Arbitration on Russian Default, Law360, July 12, 2022 (available at Why Investors May Pursue Int’l Arbitration On Russian Default (kslaw.com))
- The reign in Spain: Courts Clarify Scope of Arbitration, Practical Law Arbitration Blog, March 26, 2021 (available at The reign in Spain: Courts clarify scope of arbitration | Arbitration Blog (practicallaw.com)
- “A Defense of the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation”, in Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation: The Fordham Papers 2014 (with R. Doak Bishop), edited by Arthur W. Rovine (Brill Nijhof, 2015).
- “Fair and Equitable Treatment – Evolution or Revolution?” in Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law, Vol. 2 (Juris Publishing, 2009).
- “The Registration of an ICSID Arbitration Request” (Cameron May Publications, 2007). Paper for the Conference Commercial and Investment Arbitration in Latin America: New Challenges for Governments, Corporations and Practitioners, Quito, Ecuador, November 2007.
Recent Speaking Engagements
- “The amendments to the ECT”, NYU Latin American Arbitration Society, New York University, New York, April 2023.
- “Arbitration in the context of Energy Transition” Harvard International Arbitration Conference, Harvard University, Massachusetts, March 2023.
- “Lessons learned from the field: navigating the challenges of enforcement against State-owned entities” 11th ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration, Houston, Texas January 2023.
Employment history
Partner 2020-2023 New York City
Counsel 2015 – 2020 New York City
Senior Associate / Associate 2005- 2014 Houston and New York City
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP (legacy Fulbright & Jaworski LLP)
Foreign Associate – International Disputes 2003-2004 Houston
Education and Admissions
- Master in Corporate Law, Instituto de Empresa Madrid, Spain (2003)
- J.D., Complutense University of Madrid, Spain (2002)
- J.D., Sorbonne University, Paris I, France (2002)
- Isabel is admitted to the Spanish Bar (Madrid) (2003). She is registered in New York as a Foreign Legal Consultant (2013).