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Biography

Member of the Paris, Lisbon and São Paulo Bars, Isabela Lacreta is a senior associate in the International Arbitration practice of Mayer Brown, in Paris. She regularly represents clients in commercial and investment arbitrations arising from different economic sectors and industries. She has acted as counsel for states, investors and companies in over a dozen international arbitrations conducted under the ICSID, ICC, SCC, UNCITRAL and ICDR rules. Isabela also sits as an arbitrator and has acted as administrative secretary of arbitral tribunals in a number of cases. Isabela holds a PhD in law as part of a double degree program between the Universidade de São Paulo and the Université Paris Nanterre. Her thesis focuses on the determination of the law applicable to arbitration. She has published a number of articles on international arbitration.