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Meister Seelig & Schuster

Meister Seelig & Schuster

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United States • Dispute resolution

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International litigation

Noted for leveraging foreign procedural tools to support US litigation, Meister Seelig & Schuster is reputed for cross-border commercial litigation, particularly US-led disputes with parallel foreign proceedings. Seasoned commercial litigator, Alexander Pencu, places focus on high-stakes product liability disputes, particularly for European manufacturing clients. As well as strong cross-border litigation skills, Christopher J. Major stands out for his insolvency litigation work. Kathryn Matthews is highly active in cryptocurrency litigation and cross-border jurisdictional discovery.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team is well led and in particular Alexander Pencu, Christopher Major and Kathryn Matthews have shown to be extremely knowledgeable, responsive and able to accommodate our concerns and requests as a client. ’

  • ‘Alexander Pencu is extremely helpful, responsive and capable, able to source expertise and help deliver solutions. Kathryn Matthews is very capable and solution oriented.’

  • ‘Very sophisticated proactive that manages client files extraordinarily efficiently.’

  • ‘Chris Major is always available for clients and to me as referring or co-counsel. His team is very responsive and clients always provide excellent feedback.’

  • ‘Leaded by the partner Alexander Pencu the teams reflect the capacities and versatilities of their leader, there included a commercial attitude toward the instructing principal whishes and expectations.’

  • ‘Alexander Pencu is a true star, very knowledgeable in the conflict of laws, he knows exactly how to exploit the differences between jurisdictions so to benefit the client's best interest. Open-minded and a true thinker out of the box.'

  • 'Christopher J. Major, Kathryn Matthews and Austin Kim are all well known and to be reckoned with.’

  • ‘The team of professionals with whom I worked were very active and able to grasp the essences of chance, flexibility and creative vision.’

  • ‘It's a very reasonably seized team which combines truly bright lawyers with different backgrounds and practice fields. They are not too big to sink in the bureaucracy, but have experts in any field you need.’

  • ‘Alex Pencu is the leader, hardworking and bright.'

Key clients

  • JB BB LLC
  • Ali Fayed
  • The United Kingdom’s Royal Mint
  • HF Investments CY Limited f/k/a Lynwood Investments CY Limited
  • People 10 Technologies, Inc. and Skyl Technologies, Inc.
  • Erkman International Co. Ltd.
  • Steven Paul Kowalski
  • A Company Hungary Kft (matter 1)
  • A Company Hungary Kft (matter 2)
  • Rikin Patel
  • Yavuz Akin Ongor
  • Alpha-Lab Asset Management Inc.

Work highlights

Represents JB BB LLC and its personal guarantors in an active New York JAMS arbitration brought by Maglione International LTD concerning a disputed loan tied to a delayed luxury mixed-use development project in Cartagena, Colombia.
Represents Ali Fayed in opposing a Section 1782 discovery application filed in the District of Connecticut by an anonymous petitioner seeking evidence for a related action in England involving historical allegations against Harrods.
Represents the Royal Mint of the United Kingdom and former senior officials in a lawsuit in the District of Rhode Island alleging a conspiracy with the U.S. Mint concerning redemption of significant foreign currency holdings.
Practice head

Alexander D. Pencu; Christopher J. Major; Kathryn Matthews

Other key lawyers

Austin Kim