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Diaz Reus’s extensive international legal experience spans the globe — from the US to Latin America and the Caribbean, from Western and Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Asia.

“Diaz, Reus & Targ boasts a team of former police officers and FBI agents as well as experienced white-collar lawyers, making the firm a natural choice for executives under fire.”

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Highly publicized cases

Our multicultural, multilingual attorneys provide deft international legal representation in high-stakes litigation, precedent-setting legal matters and business transactions. An international legal powerhouse, Diaz Reus employs skilled international attorneys to help our corporate, public and private clients conduct international business successfully, cost effectively and efficiently.

Diaz Reus successfully represented 30 American automobile dealerships in two parallel actions filed in the United States District Court for Northern District of Georgia and in Georgia State Court in Fulton County, Georgia, seeking damages resulting from Mahindra and Mahindra USA’s failure to certify and import its light trucks and SUVs from India into the United States, which caused Plaintiffs to suffer substantial damages. Claims included fraud, negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent inducement, tortious interference, unjust enrichment, civil conspiracy, negligence, violation of the federal automobile dealers act, and violations of 17 state “dealer day in court” laws.

Mahindra

Diaz Reus represents bondholders against the Republic of Argentina, which defaulted on its sovereign debt in 2001. Plaintiffs settled their class action lawsuits against Argentina. The class actions involved holders of approximately US $700 million of defaulted Argentine bonds.

Seijas, et al. v. The Republic
of Argentina:

Diaz Reus successfully represented 30 American automobile dealerships in two parallel actions filed in the United States District Court for Northern District of Georgia and in Georgia State Court in Fulton County, Georgia, seeking damages resulting from Mahindra and Mahindra USA’s failure to certify and import its light trucks and SUVs from India into the United States, which caused Plaintiffs to suffer substantial damages. Claims included fraud, negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent inducement, tortious interference, unjust enrichment, civil conspiracy, negligence, violation of the federal automobile dealers act, and violations of 17 state “dealer day in court” laws.

Mahindra

Diaz Reus represents a media rights company executive in a criminal indictment in connection with the ongoing FIFA soccer corruption scandal. Through its efforts, Diaz Reus negotiated a resolution of the criminal case.

FIFA

Diaz Reus successfully represented 30 American automobile dealerships in two parallel actions filed in the United States District Court for Northern District of Georgia and in Georgia State Court in Fulton County, Georgia, seeking damages resulting from Mahindra and Mahindra USA’s failure to certify and import its light trucks and SUVs from India into the United States, which caused Plaintiffs to suffer substantial damages. Claims included fraud, negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent inducement, tortious interference, unjust enrichment, civil conspiracy, negligence, violation of the federal automobile dealers act, and violations of 17 state “dealer day in court” laws.

Mahindra

Diaz Reus successfully represented Mexican citizen and businessman John Freddy Cuellar Silva, who was listed by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on its SDN list for links to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman as a partner and financial front-man. Diaz Reus successfully de-listed and removed Cuellar Silva from the OFAC list.

El Chapo

Diaz Reus successfully represented 30 American automobile dealerships in two parallel actions filed in the United States District Court for Northern District of Georgia and in Georgia State Court in Fulton County, Georgia, seeking damages resulting from Mahindra and Mahindra USA’s failure to certify and import its light trucks and SUVs from India into the United States, which caused Plaintiffs to suffer substantial damages. Claims included fraud, negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent inducement, tortious interference, unjust enrichment, civil conspiracy, negligence, violation of the federal automobile dealers act, and violations of 17 state “dealer day in court” laws.

Mahindra

Diaz Reus represents former Honduran President candidate, lawyer, banker and high-powered businessman Yani Rosenthal in federal court in the Southern District of New York, where he was charged with various counts of money laundering. Diaz Reus successfully negotiated a resolution of Mr. Rosenthal’s case, including a dismissal of the more serious money laundering charges in exchange for a plea of guilty to reduced charges. Diaz Reus is in the process of securing Mr. Rosenthal’s removal from the US Treasury’s OFAC list.

Rosenthal

Diaz Reus successfully represented 30 American automobile dealerships in two parallel actions filed in the United States District Court for Northern District of Georgia and in Georgia State Court in Fulton County, Georgia, seeking damages resulting from Mahindra and Mahindra USA’s failure to certify and import its light trucks and SUVs from India into the United States, which caused Plaintiffs to suffer substantial damages. Claims included fraud, negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent inducement, tortious interference, unjust enrichment, civil conspiracy, negligence, violation of the federal automobile dealers act, and violations of 17 state “dealer day in court” laws.

Mahindra

Diaz Reus represented CGV Ferrominera Orinoco C.A. (FMO), an organ of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in a Rule B maritime attachment action before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and in six arbitration forums in the US and Europe. The case involved complex issues of sovereign immunity and maritime jurisdiction.

Ferrominera