Isabella F. Uría

Isabella Uría advises and represents sovereign and commercial clients in complex, high-stakes international disputes. She has represented sovereigns in multiple State-to-State disputes before the International Court of Justice, and in investment treaty arbitrations administered by ICSID and the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Isabella also represents State-owned entities (SOEs) and multinational corporations in international commercial arbitrations, applying the UNCITRAL, ICDR-AAA, and ICC Rules. Isabella advises clients throughout the lifecycle of a dispute, from pre-litigation strategy to arbitral award enforcement/set-aside proceedings before U.S. federal courts.

Isabella’s experience includes matters concerning the renewable, nuclear, and traditional energy industries, public-private infrastructure projects, retail and agribusiness, bankruptcy/insolvency proceedings, foreign tax treatment, environmental protection issues, allegations of corruption and other forms of illegality, cross-border commercial contracts, national boundary delimitation, the law of the sea, and other disputes arising under multilateral treaties. Committed to pro bono service, she has also litigated before regional human-rights courts and tribunals, advised non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations, and provided direct representation to asylum seekers.

Prior to joining Arnold & Porter, Isabella practiced at another international law firm in Washington, D.C., before which she served as Assistant Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration. She is fluent in English and Spanish, with basic proficiency in Mandarin Chinese.