Isabella Salame
Isabella is an associate in the Construction and Infrastructure Disputes practice within the International Arbitration Group.
Isabella joined Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in 2023 and is currently based in London, having also spent six months with the International Arbitration group in Singapore.
With experience in international arbitration and adjudication, Isabella advises clients on complex, high-value construction disputes across a range of industries and jurisdictions. She has acted in arbitrations under the rules of various institutions, including the ICC, LCIA, SIAC and TAI.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2025
Qualifications
- LLB (2021)
- LPC (accelerated) (2023)
Education
- Queen Mary University of London (2021)
- BPP University (2023)
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PRACTICE NOTES
Cybersecurity in international arbitration: threats, AI risks, responsibilities, institutional rules and practical measures for parties, counsel, arbitrators, experts and institutions
This Practice Note considers cybersecurity in international arbitration.
An introduction to cybercrime and cybersecurity in international arbitration
A single arbitration may draw in many actors from varied jurisdictions—parties, funders and insurers, arbitrators, counsel, experts, witnesses, the administering arbitral institution or another organising body, plus external service providers—collectively, the ‘Participants’. Within the process, they exchange material that is not publicly available. Unauthorised access could cause commercial harm, sway share prices, reshape corporate strategies or even government policy. The result of a case can reverberate through financial markets; obtaining a draft award before it is issued to the parties could be highly profitable for cyber criminals. Accordingly, the arbitral process is a target for cyber attacks, especially where hackers can locate a weak link in the chain of custody.
Because arbitration’s speed and practicality rely on digital information-sharing among multiple parties, institutions and organisations, on diverse platforms and across jurisdictions, cybersecurity is fundamental to arbitration’s continued viability as the preferred mechanism for resolving cross-border disputes. Accordingly, there is an increasing consensus among...
Arbitration
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