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Administrative managing partner at Diaz Reus International Law Firm, Marta Colomar-Garcia is well-experienced in complex international business and partnership disputes, corporate counseling, and governance. With clients across the U.S., Europe and Latin America, Colmar-Garcia maintains an industry-agnostic practice with clients across the financial services, hospitality and tech sectors.
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Work Department
International Litigation and arbitration; White collar criminal defense
Position
Administrative Managing Partner
Career
Dual qualified (USA + Spain) Marta Colomar-Garcia brings legal experience in the U.S., Spain, and Latin America, to her practice, which includes international commercial litigation and arbitration for multinational corporations, sovereign governments, and individuals.
She is recognized for obtaining dismissal of a US $1 billion expropriation lawsuit against a Venezuelan government agency under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and acting as plaintiffs’ co-lead counsel defending eight separate class action lawsuits against Argentina’s $100 billion default of sovereign debt in 2001—Seijas v. Republic of Argentina—in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.
She is admitted in Florida; Washington D.C.;New York; Supreme Court of the United States; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; United States District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida; and Spain.
She is a certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
Languages
English, Spanish
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
- International Bar Association
Education
- J.D., Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Dual Degree Program, December 2006
- J.D., Universitat De Barcelona, Facultat De Dret, Barcelona, Spain, Licenciada en Derecho (Spanish J.D.), June 2005
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Key clients
- Driven Board of Directors Pdvsa/Ad Hoc (Opposition government of Venezuela) Whiskey Content Idler
Work highlights
Represented the client as a liquidator of Nodus International Bank in an international asset recovery litigation and investigation worth up to $68 million.
Represented the President of the Ad Hoc Board of Petroleos de Venezuela in a RICO and civil rights statutes case.