Marta Colomar-Garcia

Practice Areas

International Litigation and arbitration; White collar criminal defense

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) and speaks English, Spanish and Catalan.

Education:

J.D., Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Dual Degree Program

J.D., Universitat De Barcelona, Facultat De Dret, Barcelona, Spain, Licenciada en Derecho (Spanish J.D.)

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Florida Bar Association

International Bar Association