Bella has over 16 years’ experience as a lawyer, including spending 10 years at Magic Circle and other top tier firms in Australia, Frankfurt, Moscow and London. She is also a member of the Law Society of England and Wales and the Law Society of Ireland.
She holds degrees in Law, Business and Exercise Science. Bella is a former Queensland Police Officer and qualified as a Queensland Solicitor in 2006 with King & Wood Mallesons (formerly Mallesons Stephen Jacques).
In 2007 Bella moved to Clifford Chance, Frankfurt as part of the Project Finance and Capital Markets team, qualifying as a Solicitor in England & Wales, before moving with the firm to Moscow in 2008. She joined White & Case in Moscow in 2010.
Bella moved back to Frankfurt in 2011 as part of the Allen & Overy International Capital Markets team and was based between the Frankfurt and London offices, until she moved offshore to Jersey in 2015.
Bella joined Hatstone as a Group Partner in 2020 from the Jersey office of a large offshore firm.
Bella is a dual-qualified Partner and also works closely with the Irish team when based in our Dublin office.