Many of our engagements involve matters in which our clients face significant public attention. The following is a list of news stories about the firm, our clients, cases and the results we have achieved.
Kobre & Kim’s Ana Frischtak and Sergio Aguiar joined the BTG Global Advisory Annual Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil to discuss Brazil's evolving insolvency landscape on a panel titled “Navigating Corporate Restructuring: Comparative Analysis of Different Jurisdictions.” While discussing recent changes in Brazil’s insolvency legal regime, the panel explored the advantages and disadvantages faced by Brazilian companies looking to restructure in the U.S. or other jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands.
Calling Kobre & Kim a “top-tier patent litigation outfit that has a stellar reputation for getting results,” leading industry publication IAM has again recognized the firm’s intellectual property (IP) team in its 2024 edition of the IAM Patent 1000.
Kobre & Kim and several lawyers have been recognized in the latest Chambers USA rankings for New York, placing among the top firms and lawyers in several categories for commercial, white-collar and financial litigation.
Kobre & Kim has again earned the very top rank in the Chambers USA 2023 rankings for Florida white-collar crime and government investigations, and every Miami-based partner has also earned top individual rankings.
The latest Chambers USA rankings have placed Kobre & Kim, as well as Michael Kim, Jonathan Cogan and Matthew Menchel, in Band 1 in several nationwide categories.
Kobre & Kim is once again celebrating Pride Month, as we are committed to affirming our firm’s support of both our LGBTQ+ colleagues as well as the LGBTQ+ community.
This weekend, Kobre & Kim’s Jef Klazen, Richard Clarke, and Jason Kang attended the Cambridge Forum on International Enforcement of Judgements and Awards in Surrey, United Kingdom.
Winning an arbitration award against a sovereign state and state-owned entities is often the easy part – trying to enforce the award and getting the state to pay can cost enormous amounts of time and money, requiring special strategic considerations.
International investigation and dispute resolution law firm Kobre & Kim has won a landmark victory for creditors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Dubai Court of Cassation issued a final decision unwinding the transfer of shares by the debtors to a family member, even though the transfer took place before the issuance of a final judgment confirming the debt owed to Kobre & Kim’s client.
The Delaware bankruptcy court issued a decision May 9, 2024 allowing claims by 46 former AIG FP executives against AIG in a dispute over a $65 billion credit agreement to move forward.
As part of the firm’s commitment to pro bono work and our partnership with Appellate Advocates, Kobre & Kim appeared before the New York State Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department last month for oral argument on an appeal of a charge for criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.
When ultra-high-net-worth individuals encounter financial distress, a cross-border insolvency strategy may be necessary to account for the impacts on their assets across different jurisdictions. Kobre & Kim’s Daniel Saval, who focuses on cross-border insolvency strategies, joins the American Bar Association International Law Section Annual Conference in Washington, DC to discuss these issues on a panel at 4:30 pm local time, May 8, 2024.
As global financial conditions have tightened dramatically over the past few years, Brazil-based investors may find opportunities to invest in and monetize distressed high-yield US-dollar bonds. Kobre & Kim’s São Paulo team – Ana Frischtak, Carolina Leung and Sergio de Aguiar – along with Kobre & Kim’s John Han hosted an intimate breakfast roundtable to discuss these issues on April 12, 2024.
