Clara is an associate in the Firm's International Arbitration group. She has experience representing clients in both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Clara is also an active member of the Firm's pro bono practice, with a focus on criminal appeals.
Prior to joining White & Case, Clara interned for the Honorable Randolph D. Moss, United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
While in law school, Clara was a Salzburg Lloyd N. Cutler Fellow; an articles editor for the Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business; and President of the Moot Court Society. She was also a finalist, six-time best speaker, and recipient of the Lowden-Wigmore Prize in the Julius H. Miner Moot Court Competition. As a member of Northwestern Law's Federal Appellate Clinic, she appeared before and won reversal of summary judgment in a section 1983 lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Clara has lived, studied and/or worked in the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, and Mexico.
