Isabela Monnerat Mendes
AssociateIsabela is an Associate in our Arbitration Department. With over half a decade of experience, she has acted in investment, commercial, and construction arbitration in the Middle East and Europe.
Her career has seen her involved innumerous cases under various arbitration rules, such as the ICC Rules, the DIAC Rules, the LCIA Rules, the ICDR Rules, the SCC Rules, and the LCAM Rules, among others.
She has also worked on ad hoc arbitrations and investment arbitration cases under the aegis of the ICSID Arbitration Rules.
Languages
- English
- French
- Portuguese
- Spanish
Education & Qualifications
- Masters of Law (LL.M.) in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution, Queen Mary University of London, UK
- Master’s degree (Master II) in Arbitration and International Business Law (MACI), University of Versailles, France
- Bachelor of Laws, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil
Professional Memberships
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration
- The Equal Representation for Expert Witnesses (ERE) Pledge (Middle East subcommittee)
- Young Arbitral Women Practitioners
- Women in eDiscovery
Experience highlights
- A UAE-based company in a dispute over unpaid receivables under English law in a DIAC Arbitration.
- An engineering consultant company that initiated proceedings against a UAE construction company. The DIAC Arbitration case pertains to value engineering services provided for a major project in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- A real estate development company based in Abu Dhabi, on a real estate dispute, under the Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Centre.
- A Dubai-based construction company on a DIAC Arbitration case against its subcontractor. Under UAE law, the case involved the construction of a secondary school in Dubai.
- An American client on a dispute in the blockchain sector over a stock purchase agreement under New York law in an ICDR Arbitration.
- An Italian construction company in an ICC Arbitration case concerning the construction of a project in Iran, against a UAE-based company.
- A Saudi company on its claim against the subsidiary of a major Chinese construction group. The case, under Saudi law, involved contracts for cladding and insulation works for a power plant in Riyadh.
- A UAE construction company in two ad hoc multi-million USD arbitrations against a government entity.
- A company in the banking sector in a DIAC Arbitration case against an EPC contractor, under UAE law.
- A French investor on a dispute under the aegis of the ICSID Arbitration Rules, brought under the France-Kuwait Bilateral Investment Treaty.
- A UAE-based company in the financial sector against a Bahraini company, relating to the early termination of a service agreement.
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