International Law & Litigation

South Florida is culturally and geographically unique. Its diverse population and strategic location place South Florida, at the gateway to Latin America, and the crossroads of the world. More than just a convenient connecting point between North and South America, Europe, and the Far East, South Florida has developed as a focal point for cultural, social, business, and economic relations with South and Central America, the Caribbean Basin, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Far East. Recognizing its special place in the world, South Florida has developed into a major business point for national and international banking and financial entities, aviation and maritime concerns, internet and e-commerce organizations, television, film, music, modeling, sports, and entertainment industries, and a broad spectrum of other flourishing enterprises.

Anania Bandklayder Blackwell Baumgarten Torricella & Stein represents foreign and domestic clientele in a broad range of international litigation actions, and a number of business counseling issues. Often, the firm’s lawyers are called upon to assist in the negotiation and drafting of contracts between national companies and foreign businesses, to liaise with immigration and tax lawyers and specialists in addressing immigration and tax concerns of its clients, and to assist clients with the consummation of aviation transactions that cross United States borders.

The firm also represents clients with international business concerns in litigation matters pending in the United States that require the application of foreign law or involve international business issues or actions pending in a foreign forum that require the selection and supervision of foreign counsel. In the international litigation arena, the firm’s lawyers have litigated against foreign governments or governmental agencies, as well as private business concerns, and have addressed issues such as jurisdiction, international service of process, conflict of laws, foreign sovereign immunities, the act of state doctrine, forum non conveniens, forum selection disputes, the applicability of blocking statutes, and application of foreign damage schemes, among others.

The firm’s lawyers regularly engage in alternative dispute resolution procedures designed to pursue the efficient and cost-effective resolution of international business disputes, such as arbitration, mediation, and private negotiation. The lawyers at Anania Bandklayder Blackwell Baumgarten Torricella & Stein strive to remain sensitive to the cultural norms and idiosyncracies that often motivate or guide the progression of business disputes and prevent their amicable resolution, recognizing that, at times, the best solutions are achieved at the dinner table and not at the conference table.

4300 Bank of America Tower
100 Southeast Second Street
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone: 305.373.4900
Facsimile: 305.373.6914
E-Mail: info@anania-law.com