Dispute resolution
From the Miami headquarters of Diaz Reus International Law Firm, Marta Colomar-Garcia is highly experienced in international commercial law and arbitration. Her clientele is comprised of multinational corporations, government agencies and individuals alike. The breadth of her expertise extends to asset recovery and protection, cross-border liquidation, insolvency and expropriation. She is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), making her a key contact for advice on white-collar crime and indictments.
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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 Advisors CAPA (Consejo de Administración de Activos) Nodus International Bank Board of Directors PDVSA ad-hoc (Opposition government to President Maduro of Venezuela
Work highlights
Representing Driven Advisors in a series of cross-border commercial litigation and investigation matters related to liquidation and recovery of assets amounting to more than $100mil.
Representing Nodus International Bank in an international process of commercial litigation and arbitration arising from embezzlement, fraud and bankruptcy by former shareholders.