Izabella PRUSSKAYA

Izabella is an International Dispute Resolution Practitioner Qualified in England & Wales, State of New York, BVI and Russia. Russia (9 PQE), New York (6 PQE), England & Wales (5 PQE), British Virgin Islands (4 PQE), SIMI Mediator (Singapore). Native in Russian, fluent in English and French, proficient in German.

Izabella has over 7 years of legal experience in common and civil law countries advising in a broad range of complex disputes across several sectors: oil and gas, shipping, large scale infrastructure, telecommunications, international trade, banking, IT and yachting.

Izabella has significant commercial, investment and sports arbitration experience with seats in France, Switzerland, Russia, UK, Hong Kong and Singapore. She has been involved in litigation in the high courts of England, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, France, BVI, and Switzerland. She has also participated in white collar fraud trials and investigations, pre-dispute and enforcement proceedings.

In addition to her disputes practice, Izabella has knowledge of corporate, trade, commercial, financial, maritime and shipping law. She has on numerous occasions advised on sanctions matters and acted for states and state-related entities. Izabella also acts as an arbitrator, negotiator and mediator and has an extensive experience in business development.

Izabella's work experience includes:
• Senior Solicitor at Belgravia Law in London
• Expert Associate at CMS in Monaco
• Offshore Disputes Associate at Carey Olsen in London and BVI
• Juriste at Three Crowns LLP in Paris
• Legal Consultant at Timofeev, Vahrenwald & Partners LLP in Moscow

Izabella trained with:
• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP in Paris
• Hogan Lovells International LLP in Paris and Moscow
• ICC Secretariat and International Centre for ADR in Paris

Izabella studied at the Université Paris-Est Créteil (France, International Business Litigation Diploma), Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (Chicago, LL.M. with honors and Kellogg School of Management), Higher School of Economics in Moscow, and Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität in Münster, Germany. She also worked as an audio assistant at XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.