About
Provided by Sequor Law
Sequor Law is a specialized boutique firm dedicated to asset recovery, cross-border insolvency, creditors’ rights and international litigation. Sequor Law represents clients in fraud and corruption matters, insolvencies, restructuring and other related matters in multi-jurisdictional investigations and disputes. Sequor Law primarily represents governments, government instrumentalities, state-owned enterprises, liquidators, insolvency practitioners, and victims of various fraud-type claims, including Ponzi schemes, emanating from operations in the U.S., Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and beyond.
Regarded throughout the world as the “Gateway to the Americas,” Miami serves as the firm’s base of operations for its international practice. The firm has handled disputes originating from virtually every country in Latin America and most of the Caribbean as well as represented numerous European clients.
The asset recovery team focuses on piercing through the wrongdoer’s asset protection structures and through his inner circle, utilizing discrete yet powerful tools calculated to reveal concealed assets and beneficial ownership information, as well as to support direct claims against wrongdoers and third-party facilitators.
Chambers Review
A Miami-based boutique, Sequor Law acts both as expert local counsel and as a prominent player in many of the major fraud and embezzlement cases arising out of Latin America, the Caribbean and Florida. The firm is experienced in assisting non-US insolvency lawyers with foreign insolvency proceedings, as well as in filing cases under Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code and managing asset recovery arising from them.
Work Highlights
- Sequor Law has served as general counsel to the joint liquidators of Stanford International Bank and has engaged in an international effort to recover assets for the estate.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They are the most experienced team dealing with Latin American cases when it comes to asset recovery. They are leaders in the field and have been doing this work for a number of years. The team is very experienced, organised and handles large and complex matters. They have a large number of Portuguese and Spanish speakers in their team, which helps a lot."
"Sequor's team is very diverse and knowledgeable in all aspects of complex litigation and recovery of assets, with a deep understanding of legal matters internationally."
"They are the most experienced team dealing with Latin American cases when it comes to asset recovery. They are leaders in the field and have been doing this work for a number of years. The team is very experienced, organised and handles large and complex matters. They have a large number of Portuguese and Spanish speakers in their team, which helps a lot."
"Sequor's team is very diverse and knowledgeable in all aspects of complex litigation and recovery of assets, with a deep understanding of legal matters internationally."
Notable Practitioners
Edward Davis often represents victims of fraud and corruption, including non-US fiduciaries in connection with Chapter 15 bankruptcy cases. He is a universally recognised figure and has developed a broad range of capabilities focused on the tracing and recovery of assets, particularly those stemming from large-scale frauds occurring in Latin America and the Caribbean. "In the US asset tracing world, he is an icon," enthuses a lawyer. An impressed client states: "Davis has a very strong level of sophistication and commercial awareness regarding asset recovery at an international level."