Shutts & Bowen LLP is a Florida-based law firm with an international litigation and arbitration practice that specializes in representing clients in high-stakes cross-border disputes. The firm handles disputes across the full commercial spectrum, from mid-market matters to high-exposure cases. Managing partner of the Miami office, Aliette Delpozo Rodz serves as the chair of the firm’s international litigation and arbitration practice. Rodz has extensive experience representing multinational corporations in complex commercial litigation and international arbitration. Also based in Miami, Eduardo De la Peña Bernal brings substantial experience in cross-border commercial arbitration and multinational disputes, especially those based in Latin America, while Aleksey Shtivelman‘s practice focuses on international litigation and arbitration with a particular emphasis on energy and infrastructure disputes. Douglas Kramer strengthens the practice group with his experience in complex commercial litigation, particularly in matters involving multinational parties and parallel proceedings across jurisdictions.
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Key clients
- Grupo Aeroportuario, Ferroviario, de Servicios Auxiliares y Conexos Olmeca-Maya-Mexica, S.A. de
- C.V. ("GAFSACOMM") and Aerolinea del Estado Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. ("AEM")
- Edgar Andraus, Teresita Mendez Comene, et al.
- Last Energy, Inc.
- McGrath Rentcorp.
- David Dorr, Brian Dorr, and Coro Global, Inc.
- DRAGON BLUE LIMITED, as Trustee of Pandora Asset Trust
- Telecom Business Solution S.R.L. ("TBS Peru"), Continental Towers Peru, S.R.L. ("CT Peru") and Collocation Technologies Peru, S.R.L. ("CLL Peru")
- Consorcio Juridico Expertise - Gideon FIsher & Co., LLC ("Consorcio Juridico")
Work highlights
Represented defendants, GAFSACOMM and AEM in litigation initiated by SAT Aero Holdings, Inc. ("SAT") against AEM before the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, in relation to concerns of complex matters related to the procurement of aircrafts for the airline Mexicana de Aviacion.
Represented defendants (Thomas Butler) in allegations of a conspiracy by which it was alleged that they deprived Plaintiff's six minor children of their purported beneficial interests in a $10 million condominium unit on Fisher Island and $5 million in cash in a Florida bank account.
Represented Andean leading entities (Telecom Business Solution S.R.L) in the telecommunications sector TBS Peru, CT Peru, CLL Peru, and their local managers, in complex federal court proceedings in New York to which they were brought into, with related litigation proceedings in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and arbitrations in the Untied States (ICDR) and Peru (Lima Chamber of Commerce). The disputes arise from contested differences amongst shareholders at the parent holding company level concerning the sale of the company and the fiduciary duties of local managers to seek remedies against recalcitrant shareholders of the parent holding company for their failure to develop and build telecommunication towers in the Andean region.
Practice head
Aliette Delpozo Rodz
Other key lawyers
Eduardo De La Pena Bernal; Aleksey Shtivelman; Douglas Kramer