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Trials, investigations, enforcement defense, and cross-border recovery. Filter by practice, industry, jurisdiction, or outcome.

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Case Study

Civil RICO recovery for Argentine real estate investors caught in a U.S. real-estate fraud

Confidential matter · 2023

Argentine real estate investors were defrauded in a U.S. real-estate scheme. The fraud followed a classic and damaging pattern: the same property was sold to more than one buyer, leaving investors who had wired money from abroad holding nothing.

Recovery
Argentina
Financial Services
Real Estate

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Case Study

Tracing diverted bond proceeds across three continents under Section 1782

Oro Negro bondholders

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

Settlement
Mexico
Cross-border
Financial Services

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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

Recovery of a $20M inheritance lost to investment-adviser fraud

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.

Recovery
Argentina
Cross-border
Financial Services

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.