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International Asset Recovery Law Blog 

Schwartz Cooper's asset recovery attorneys know how to find the money, with extensive experience in coordinating and pursuing recovery of claims and judgments throughout the world.
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By Chris Costa
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International Recoveries Requires Uncommon Evidence Gathering
Posted on January 08, 2008In a recent 11th Circuit case, United States v. King, 2007 U.S. App. Lexis 28912 (11th Cir. Dec. 14, 2007), the court addressed the legitimacy of evidence seized from a computer in a dorm room in Saudi Arabia. The 4th...
CHOOSE YOUR JURISDICTION WISELY
Posted on January 03, 2008The latest chapter in the saga of OAO NK Yukos Oil Company (Yukos) was written by the Honorable Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, United States District Judge in the District of Columbia, on November 26, 2007. Yukos was a company founded by the...
Collecting Debts from Bankrupt Foreign Companies
Posted on December 21, 2007Creditors of bankrupt foreign companies may have an alternative remedy in United States courts for recovering their debts. A recent case in the Southern District of New York, Osanitsch v. Marconi PLC, 363 B.R. 361 (S.D.N.Y. 2007), addressed the procedure...
Cayman Islands Court Rules On Foreign Bankruptcy Orders
Posted on October 12, 2007The Privy Council of the Cayman Islands recently ruled that courts of one British territory may be required to provide assistance to other British territories in bankruptcy proceedings. In Re Al Sabah, [2004-2005] CILR 373. In Re Al Sabah, Sheik...
Recovering Assets From Bankrupt Cayman Island Hedge Funds:
Posted on August 08, 2007More than 8,500 hedge funds are registered in the Cayman Islands. Some estimate that three out of every four hedge funds are incorporated in the Western Caribbean Islands. As the following two articles indicate, Bear Stearns' decision to file for...
Useful article regarding the recovery of documents and assets from foreign banks
Posted on July 27, 2007Our colleagues Robert Groholski and Bethany Schols just wrote an interesting article, published by Financial Services Law 360 and Bankruptcy Law 360, regarding the recovery of documents and assets from foreign banks. Click here to view the article.
Australian Court Sentences Entrepreneur For Offshore Tax Evasion
Posted on July 19, 2007An Australian court recently sentenced Glenn Wheatley, a well-known entertainment entrepreneur, for tax fraud. Wheatley?s arrest was part of a larger tax fraud investigation, Operation Wickenby, run jointly by the Australian Crime Commission and the Australian Taxation Office...
Anguilla asset protection devices
Posted on April 19, 2007Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory in the Eastern Carribbean. Anguilla's financial sector is well developed and its current trust and corporate laws were launched in 1994. Anguilla's legal system and trust law is based on that of England. Under...
Senators Introduce New Legislation
Posted on March 28, 2007On February 17, 2007, United States Senators Carl Levin (Democrat, Michigan), Norm Coleman (Republican, Minnesota), and Barack Obama (Democrat, Illinois) introduced the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, S. 681. The stated impetus for the introduction of this bill is to...
Service of Process: If it's not done right, you start over
Posted on March 16, 2007Sometimes, because of where the evidence is, or where the defendants are, or where the money is, it is necessary to file suit outside of the United States or other jurisdiction with which you are eminently familiar. When doing so,...
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I have been disabled for over 25 years. Last Nov. I had endoscopic brain surgery. It was not successful and had to be followed up by a major craniotomy. My huaband and I had not been contemplating divorce but after the 2
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