MM&H successfully represented two Florida entities who own valuable real estate property in Miami. Plaintiffs are Argentinean lawyers who provided certain limited services to the manager of the Defendants. Plaintiffs initiated an ex parte secret legal action in Argentina against Defendants and others supposedly premised upon their entitlement to purported professional fees relating […]

After a multi-year contentious battle in what was billed as a bet the company misappropriation of trade secret, breach of restrictive covenants of key employees and tortious interference claim by a competitor, MM&H obtained a dismissal with prejudice on the even of an evidentiary hearing where it was anticipated that the Plaintiff’s pleadings […]

MM&H was retained by one of Miami’s leading restauranteurs to lead a cross-border effort to recover a substantial Panamanian trust being mismanaged by an interested fiduciary. MM&H have coordinated with Panamanian counsel in a two-pronged approach to ensure the proper, intended distribution of the multi-million-dollar trust took place. First, MM&H laid the foundation […]

MM&H has been retained as counsel for a group of high net worth individuals to intervene in a highly contentious dispute between developers of a high-end condominium building on South Beach to force turnover and to allow the homeowners’ association to take control and bring appropriate claims against the developers for dissipation of […]

Plaintiff brought claims against Humberto Visconte, his wife and their wholly owned entity, Markethings, LLC. arising out of allegations that Mr. Visconte, while acting as CEO of the Brazilian subsidiary, usurped a corporate opportunity for his own benefit, took kickbacks and performed other wrongdoing related to the Brazilian entity’s purchase of a large […]

MM&H found itself in the center of a high-profile cross-border dispute brought by David Boies and the law firm of Boies Schiller on behalf of a US Trust that was supposedly assigned the interests of PDVSA, the Venezuelan government-owned oil company, in an alleged multi-billion kickback scheme. After a two-day evidentiary hearing, the […]

MM&H were retained to retrieve valuable watches that were stolen and sold to claimed BFP’s. A well-established watch dealer was conned into giving high end merchandise to agents of imprisoned con man on representations that they would be prominently used in a new music video of Jay-Zee and Beyoncé. Watches worth several hundred […]

Meridian Trust Company and American Associated Group, Ltd., v. Eike Batista, EFG Capital International Corp., Paulo Gouvea et. al., Case No. 17-cv-23051-KMW, pending in the Southern District of Florida, is a massive fraud claim in which Plaintiffs, trust companies from the island of Nevis and the Cayman Islands, are seeking treble damages for […]

On February 28, 2018, the Third District Court of Appeals in a unanimous decision affirmed the decision of the trial court in favour of our clients, majority members and officers in a highly contentious shareholder rights claim brought by terminated management who also had minority membership interests in the global medical devices manufacturer. […]

MM&H represented Matt Lopatin in the defense of claims for breach of fiduciary duty and conversion related to the purported improper use of corporate funds. Mr. Migdal crafted a two-prong defense to liability: (1) Mr. Lopatin as 50% owner of a closely held telecommunications company was vested with the authority to make the […]