Isabella Piasecka
Isabella is an Associate and a Professional Support Lawyer for the Reputation Protection group, within Mishcon Private.
She has extensive experience of reputation-related disputes, including issues of defamation, privacy and data protection. Isabella has been involved in high-profile media litigation and advised clients both pre- and post-publication, often on an urgent basis. Previously, she worked as a journalist for a number of respected publications. Isabella provides technical support to the team and assists with training, professional development and know-how.
Practice Area
Panel
- Q&A Panel
Qualified Year
- 2012
Education
- BPP, GDL and LPC
- City University, Postgraduate Diploma Newspaper Journalism
- Oxford University (Christ Church College), BA (Hons) Politics, Philosophy and Economics
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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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