Elizabeth qualified as a Brazilian lawyer in 1992 and practised as an in-house lawyer for two of the largest Brazilian Trading companies. She joined Clyde & Co in 2000 and is now a senior solicitor in Clyde's Co Latin American and insurance/reinsurance departments.
Elizabeth has a wide variety of experience in the areas of commercial litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution.
Elizabeth specialises in international disputes with emphasis on insurance and reinsurance and with a particular focus in Latin America. She has been involved in some of the largest reinsurance industrial and energy losses in the London market in Latin America. Given her Brazilian law qualification, she has also developed an expertise in Brazilian insurance and reinsurance law and the Brazilian insurance market practice generally.
She is also a trade and energy lawyer, having been involved in cases for major oil & gas and commodity clients in disputes relating to commodity trading, power and gas projects and carbon credits.