A Brazilian national living in the United States faced an extradition request from Brazil connected to an offshoot of Operation Lava Jato, the sprawling Car Wash corruption investigation. Extradition fights are unforgivi
Five special purpose vehicles held bonds tied to oil drilling rigs that operated for Pemex off the coast of Mexico. As the underlying business unraveled, the bondholders confronted a familiar cross-border problem. They s
Helped obtain federal court authorization for discovery from Wells Fargo and Citibank on behalf of Argentine real estate investors defrauded in a scheme in which the same property was sold to multiple buyers. An Argentine judge had requested the U.S. bank account information, and the Section 1782 petition opened that access.
Led internal investigations in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, and the United Kingdom for subsidiaries of publicly traded U.S. and European companies. The matters involved international corruption, accounting fraud, Bank Secrecy Act violations, AML compliance failures, and senior executive misconduct. Represented companies and their audit committees before the SEC, the DOJ, and other agencies.
Represents a whistleblower with first-hand evidence of bribes paid by a U.S. public company's subsidiary, supporting a potential FCPA enforcement action with exposure exceeding $30 million.
Represented an Argentine company in a dispute alleging that a U.S. manufacturer fraudulently switched the model year of an aircraft it sold (approximately $6 million). Related executives are under indictment.
Represents a client charged in the Southern District of Florida with money laundering arising from allegations of unlicensed money remitting. The case involves over $350 million and has been described by the government as one of the largest of its kind. The client is in Argentina awaiting extradition proceedings.
Represents a Latin American executive of a leading telecommunications company under simultaneous investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the European Commission over alleged price fixing in mobile voice and data markets across Latin America and the Caribbean. Managing parallel proceedings in the United States, Panama, and Jamaica.
Works on the recovery effort for an Argentine client defrauded of a roughly $20 million inheritance, pursuing the banks and advisers across three forums at once: FINRA arbitration, AAA arbitration, and civil litigation in Miami. Claims exceed $10 million.
Lead counsel for a client in an SEC emergency enforcement action and a parallel New York Attorney General action arising from an alleged fraudulent crypto trading-investment and pyramid scheme that raised crypto assets worth more than $650 million. Jurisdictions include Haiti, Panama, and the Grenadines.
Obtained federal-court authorization, on behalf of Argentine real estate investors, for Section 1782 discovery of U.S. bank-account information (approximately $10 million). An Argentine court had requested the records to support criminal proceedings in Argentina.
Represents a client under investigation by both the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Office of Foreign Assets Control for alleged violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and money laundering, involving cross-border exposure to Russia.