QUARTERLY UPDATE - FEBRUARY 2020
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When the foreign representative of defunct Brazilian limestone mining company Brasagro Fertilizantes Minerais Ltda. in October sought to investigate and recover alleged improper transfers of the company’s assets to the U.S., its advisers made a popular choice for the firm to handle the needed Chapter 15 petition: Miami-based Sequor Law PA.
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“99.99 percent of Americans don’t own offshore companies but the few that do try to tell you how legitimate it is,” said
Ed Davis, Jr.
with Sequor La
w. “The reality is the entire offshore system is designed to avoid detection of the existence and movement of wealth.”
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Sequor Law has earned 11 rankings across several of the firm's key practice areas in
U.S. News'
2020 edition of "
Best Lawyers®" "
Best Law Firms"
.
To learn more about how firms are ranked, please click
here
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Sequor Law Partner Sworn Into U.S. Supreme Court
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Congratulations to Sequor Law shareholder
Leyza Blanco
, who was sworn in to practice before the United States Supreme Court together with a group of judges and lawyers attending the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges in Washington, DC.
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Two Sequor Attorneys Elected to IWIRC 2020
Board of Directors
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Leyza Blanco
has been named Vice Chair of IWIRC’s Executive Committee, and
Nyana Abreu Miller
will serve as IWIRC’s South America Regional Director of the 2020 Management Committee.
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Three Sequor Partners Recognized for Bankruptcy Practice
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WELCOMING OUR NEWEST ATTORNEY
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Sequor Law is pleased to introduce another strategic addition to the firm,
Carolina Goncalves
, who focuses her practice on asset recovery and financial fraud. Trilingual in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, Carolina leverages extensive experience working with an international client base.
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Join Us at iLaw 2020
The ILS Global Forum on International Law
Friday, February 28, 2020
JW Marriott Marquis in Downtown Miami
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Please join us in supporting the esteemed
Cristina Vicens
, a member of the Florida Bar International Law Section Executive Council, who is serving as the iLaw 2020 Conference Chair.
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Fernando J Menendez, Jr.
will be moderating an afternoon panel discussion titled
"How Much Can You Trust the Litigation Trust?"
– A Closer Look at the PDVSA U.S. Litigation Trust as an Example of Potential Uses and Misuses of Litigation Trusts.
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The conference is the premiere conference in international law and is attended by legal practitioners from the United States, Canada, Europe, and Latin America.
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On January 9th, 2020, Sequor Law founding shareholder
Gregory S. Grossman
spoke at the FICPA/Valuation, Forensic Accounting & Litigation Services Conference in Fort Lauderdale, FL on "The Use of Forensic Accounting in International/Cross-Border Fraud Cases."
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Congratulations to
Drew Dawson
, of counsel at Sequor Law, who co-chaired the 2nd annual International Comparative Insolvency Symposium, presented by The University of Miami on Nov. 14 and 15. Drew was the head moderator for the event and led a discussion on the use of arbitration in international insolvency cases. Sequor attorney
Nyana Abreu
Miller
also moderated a panel of Brazilian law professors and doctoral students on aspects of Brazilian bankruptcy law.
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Sequor Law shareholder
Arnie Lacayo
co-chaired the organizing committee for the AIJA Half Year Conference. Sequor attorney
Cristina Vicens
was a member of the organizing committee, and spoke at the AIJA Half Year Conference held at the East Hotel in Miami.
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Founding shareholder
Ed Davis, Jr
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moderated a panel discussion on understanding the psychology of fraud victims and how they’re perceived in the legal system at the 2019 C5 Conference in Miami.
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Ed Davis, Jr
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opened ICC FraudNet's 30th International Conference in Beirut, Lebanon alongside Mr. Wajih Bizir, Dr. Joseph Torbey, and Mr. Riad Salamé.
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In September,
Leyza Blanco
participated in a panel at Knect 365’s Asset Recovery America Conference, held in New York, NY, on insolvency as a tool in asset recovery.
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Sequor founding shareholder
Ed Davis
, Jr
and attorney
Nyana Abreu Miller
attended The Inaugural OffshoreAlert Conference Latin America, hosted in September in São Paulo, Brazil. Each spoke on panels covering topics related to
international value recovery and emerging issues in Latin America.
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We’ve moved into our new offices!
Our sincerest thanks to our clients, partners, and team for supporting the firm’s continued growth.
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CONTACT INFO
Phone: (+1) 305-372-8282
Fax: (+1) 305-372-8202
Email: info@sequorlaw.com
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ADDRESS
1111 Brickell Avenue
Suite 1250
Miami, FL 33131
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