Ella is an associate in the London Dispute Resolution team.
Ella specialises in assisting clients with complex, high-value commercial disputes, including class actions, contractual disputes and commercial arbitrations, many of which have cross-border elements. She has broad experience acting for clients in a range of sectors including technology, media and telecommunications, financial institutions and professional services.
Ella is based in our London office having previously worked in International Arbitration in Paris, France.
Ella completed a three-month secondment to the Chancery Division of the High Court in London, where she was the Judicial Assistant to Mr Justice Birss (as he then was), Mr Justice Roth and Mr Justice Trower.
Ella has a particular interest in the interdependence between data and competition law and completed a course at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) concerning Data: Policy, Law and Regulation in September 2024.
Background
Ella studied History at the University of Warwick, graduating in 2016. She completed the Graduate Diploma in Law and the Legal Practice Course at BPP University. Ella was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2020 and is a qualified Solicitor Advocate.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- defending one of the world's leading private equity firms and asset managers against claims of unlawful conspiracy worth USD 14 billion
- advising the joint liquidators of solar energy companies on the insolvency and the complex cross border disputes arising from it
- successfully defending New Zealand based companies in a challenge of jurisdiction
- successfully defending the former non-executive directors of Carillion in relation to proceedings in the High Court
- advising a social media company in defending a class action involving allegations of breaches of UK and EU data protection laws*
- defending a multinational aerospace corporation in arbitration resulting from global investigations involving allegations of bribery and corruption*
* experience gained prior joining Herbert Smith Freehills
