Argentine energy company in a cash-bribery scandal
Conducted an internal investigation of an Argentine energy company implicated in the Argentine cash-bribery ("notebooks") scandal. The investigation satisfied the company's auditors that company funds had not been used for bribes.
Argentina
Financial Services
Energy & Natural Resources
Representative Matter
Bank discovery for Argentine fraud victims
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.
Argentina
Cross-border
Financial Services
Real Estate
Representative Matter
Fraudulent aircraft-sale dispute
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.
Argentina
Cross-border
Representative Matter
U.S. bank records for Argentine criminal proceedings
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.
