Isabella advises international clients, governments and trade associations on a variety of customs matters involving the interpretation and application of EU customs law. Her advice covers identifying the tariff classification, preferential and non-preferential origin and customs value of products in key industries. Isabella also advises clients as part of verifications carried out by national customs authorities and the European Anti-Fraud Office to determine a product’s tariff classification, origin and customs value, and the applicability of trade defence measures.

Isabella assists EU industries in anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations, from the preparation of complaints to the completion of such investigations. She also advises clients in third countries and EU importers and users as part of trade defence investigations.

In addition, Isabella provides clients, governments and trade associations with advice on EU trade matters concerning the intersection of trade, environmental and human rights policies, including the EU Deforestation Regulation, and the EU Forced Labour Ban.

Isabella also assists clients in the life science, food and technology sectors, as well as governments, in identifying and understanding the requirements that must be met under EU regulatory law to import products into the EU.

Before joining Van Bael & Bellis, Isabella worked as an associate at an Australian law firm, and completed internships at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington D.C. and at an Italian law firm specialising in intellectual property and EU law.