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Daniel Vielleville
Daniel Vielleville
Mr. Daniel A. Vielleville, a dual Venezuelan-U.S. attorney, is a partner in the Miami office. He heads our Latin America Practice and our International Business Practice. Mr. Vielleville is also a member of our Corporate and Finance Practice and our Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice. His practice focuses on international business transactions, international litigation and dispute resolution.  Mr. Vielleville works extensively with both the common law and civil law systems. He advises on complex international maritime, finance, mining, energy, and oil and gas transactions. His litigation and arbitration practice includes:  Asset tracing  Complex jurisdictional disputes  Cross-border interim relief  Dispute resolution methodologies and procedures  International commercial, trade, and finance arbitration  Investor-state disputes  Sovereign immunity and act of state issues  Mr. Vielleville has represented individuals, corporations, sovereign entities, and governments. Most notably, he was part of the legal team representing the Republic of Chile in two important cases: litigation against former Chilean President Augusto Pinochet; and represented Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (CORFO) concerning a massive securities fraud. Among other matters, these actions required the filing of numerous petitions for judicial assistance under 28 U.S.C. § 1782. He also represented the IOPF Fund in managing the Maracaibo Lake oil spill claims against the oil tanker Nissos Amorgos and was part of the subcommittee that drafted Venezuela's Maritime Law Act.  Mr. Vielleville has significant experience in international arbitration and litigation. He has represented numerous corporations, States, and public entities in AAA, ICC, ICDR, and other arbitral tribunals and courts. Mr. Vielleville has represented numerous governments or state organizations in the United States and international legal proceedings and negotiations, including Chile, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Venezuela.  He has also been appointed as an expert on Venezuelan law in several arbitration and civil proceedings. Mr. Vielleville is a Guest Professor of International Arbitration at Universidad Central de Venezuela; and often lectures and publishes on international arbitration and litigation. He is the founder and past-president of the Venezuela-American National Law Association. 
Eric Assouline
Eric Assouline
Eric N. Assouline is a co-founder of the firm, a litigation partner in the Miami and Ft. Lauderdale offices, and he is the head of the Business Litigation Practice. His practice focuses on: bankruptcy and creditors' rights litigation; complex business litigation; intellectual property and real estate litigation;.  Mr. Assouline has represented individuals, private, and public companies in hundreds of cases in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts throughout the State of Florida, primarily at the trial court level, but often also on appeal. He has also appeared pro hac vice, litigating many cases in other states and jurisdictions, as well as acting as local counsel to out-of-state attorneys needing counsel in Florida in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts.  Mr. Assouline has been lead litigation counsel to both national and international clients for many contested commercial and bankruptcy matters, representing landlords, lenders, and suppliers of goods, and involving the application of various articles of the Uniform Commercial Code, including complex and intricate provisions of Article 2 for Sales, and Article 9 for Secured Transactions. He has represented clients in disputes involving real estate partition and acquisition related litigation. And, he has handled several contested commercial landlord tenant lease litigation matters. Mr. Assouline has also litigated a number of creditors' rights matters, through the trial courts in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts, and including post-judgment domestic and international enforcement and Florida Statute § 56.29 proceedings supplementary.  Mr. Assouline has extensive experience in the area of Ponzi scheme litigation. He has been the lead litigation attorney prosecuting fraudulent transfer actions on behalf of a federal court appointed receiver seeking to recover transfers from third parties in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts. He has defended claims against court appointed receivers of financial and insurance companies in various state and federal court cases. He has also defended numerous individuals and companies from bankruptcy trustee initiated adversary proceeding avoidance preferential transfer and fraudulent transfer actions under 11 U.S.C. §§ 547 and 548.  Mr. Assouline's dispute resolution practice also involves mediation and arbitration. He has represented parties before the American Arbitration Association; been appointed by Broward County Judges to preside as the Arbitrator in many Circuit Court cases; and, by agreement of the parties, he has served as the Mediator on banking litigation cases.  Mr. Assouline has also served as an expert witness for many attorneys' fees disputes. 
Peter Berlowe
Peter Berlowe
Peter’s practice includes domestic and international litigation and arbitration of: complex commercial disputes; intellectual property, trade secret, and trade disputes; construction disputes; FINRA disputes; hotel management disputes; and complex foreclosure matters.  Mr.Berlowe's practice also includes business consultation and planning regarding construction, trademarks, copyrights, and intellectual property portfolios. He has represented private and public companies and financial institutions, as well as entertainers, sports personalities, fashion designers, publishers, manufacturers, and major airlines.  Mr.Berlowe has litigated construction disputes involving tens of millions of dollars; including representing major financial institutions in construction litigation related to their world and regional headquarters facilities. He has engaged in "bet-the-company" litigation involving substantial antitrust issues; as well as, Department of Justice antitrust clearance procedures of asset purchases out of bankruptcy litigation. Mr. Berlowe has organized and led dozens of attorney teams in document reviews involving millions of pages. Significantly, he handles complex fraud cases involving tens of millions of dollars, where he finds his engineering and mathematics background gives him a unique perspective for following the "money trail."