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United States

Rivero Mestre LLP

Miami

Main Office Address

Miami

2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd.

Suite 1000

Miami, FL 3314
Other Offices

Primary Contact Lawyers

Jorge Mestre
Andrés Rivero

Firm Profile

Rivero Mestre LLP

For more than 25 years, Rivero Mestre has been laser-focused on practicing commercial litigation at the highest levels. We have been counsel on some of the largest cases in the world. Our low volume of truly complex matters allows us to provide unparalleled quality. We know that at the heart of every one of our lawsuits, there is a knotty business problem. We come up with creative solutions you won’t find anywhere else.

We don’t get hired to tell our clients what won’t work—we tell them what will. Our clients call us “game changers” and consistently say we “punch above our weight.” Don’t take our word for it—see for yourself. Below are a few examples of our most notable work:

Chevron—When a Chevron lawyer, Rodrigo Pérez Pallares, came under criminal investigation in Ecuador because of a $100 billion environmental claim against the company, he had to leave his country, effectively exiled. We were hired to get him home. The solution lay in gathering discovery through the cutting-edge use of little-known 28 U.S.C. § 1782 discovery in the United States. We successfully pursued 1782 actions in numerous federal district courts. As a result, we gathered millions of documents and hundreds of hours of outtakes from Crude, a documentary about the litigation. We did so, in part, by getting a ruling from the Second Circuit ordering the filmmaker to immediately turn over the outtakes. The documents and the outtakes revealed compelling evidence of Mr. Pérez’s innocence, which we turned into a motion to dismiss. We got Mr. Pérez home.

Dr. Craig Wright Trial—We were hired by Dr. Craig Wright, also known as Satoshi Nakamoto (the inventor of Bitcoin) in a $600 billion trial that the media is calling “the trial of the century” and the “biggest trial in history.” After a month-long trial and seven days of jury deliberation, in a case that was widely thought to be unwinnable, we obtained a jury verdict in favor of Dr. Wright. During the trial, our team presented compelling evidence that Dr. Wright is the sole inventor of Bitcoin and is in fact Satoshi Nakamoto.

Helms-Burton Lawsuits—These cases have major implications as the Helms-Burton Act provides Cuban-American plaintiffs with the right to recover damages from defendants that traffic in, or benefit from trafficking in, their confiscated properties. The Act also provides treble damages where the defendant is shown to have notice. In the lawsuits against Trivago GMBH, Booking.com B.V., Expedia Inc., and other travel companies, Rivero Mestre won an appeal resulting in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversing the dismissal of a lawsuit concerning Helms-Burton Act violations. The Court remanded the case for further proceedings allowing it to move toward trial. In the appeal, Rivero Mestre argued several jurisdictional issues on which the defendants based their motion to dismiss. The appellate court agreed that jurisdictional requirements were sufficiently alleged.

Bantrab—Rivero Mestre represented Bantrab, a large Guatemalan bank, in a complex international dispute arising from an agreement signed by three former members of the Board of Directors and an individual who set up a structure in which the ownership of the Bank would be converted to the signatories of the agreement. The claimants accused Bantrab of breaching its contractual obligations and requested $400 million in damages. The Spanish-language international arbitration raised questions of competency of an international tribunal to adjudicate issues subject to and pending before the Guatemala judicial branch, which had directed the bank to suspend all payment of dividends and maintain the status quo of the issued stock and the receipt of the money. Rivero Mestre successfully argued that DHK was attempting to use the arbitration process in Miami to circumvent proceedings in Guatemala where DHK's shares were frozen due to the corruption investigation. The arbitration resulted in an award in favor of Bantrab.

  • Complex Commercial Litigation
  • International Litigation & Arbitration
  • Securities & Financial Services Litigation
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Internal Investigations
  • White-Collar Criminal Defense
  • Appellate Practice & Trial Support

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Awards and Recommendations

  • Recognized by Chambers USA in The Elite in Florida category in Band 1
  • Ranked in the Legal 500 Latin America guide as a Top Tier Firm in the City Focus category for Miami
  • Shortlisted by Benchmark Litigation as Florida Firm of the Year
  • Ranked in Benchmark Litigation in Dispute Resolution as a “Highly Recommended Firm” in Florida
  • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in various categories including International Trade and Finance Law, Litigation—Securities, Commercial Litigation, and International Arbitration (Commercial)
  • Fifteen lawyers featured in the Best Lawyers in America
  • Six lawyers recognized in Florida Super Lawyers
  • Four partners Recognized in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Litigators Guide
  • Three partners honored by the Daily Business Review’s Florida Legal Awards
  • Two partners Recognized in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Litigators in America Guide
  • Two partners recognized in Florida Trend Legal Elite’s inaugural edition of NOTABLE
  • Recognized by Chambers USA in The Elite in Florida category in Band 1
  • Honored by The American Lawyer as a finalist for National Boutique / Specialty Litigation Department of the Year
  • Honored by the Daily Business Review’s Florida Legal Awards as Litigation Department of the Year
  • Shortlisted by Benchmark Litigation as Florida Firm of the Year
  • Ranked in Benchmark Litigation in Dispute Resolution as a “Highly Recommended Firm” in Florida
  • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in various categories including International Trade and Finance Law, Litigation—Securities, Commercial Litigation, and International Arbitration (Commercial)
  • Recognized by Chambers USA in The Elite in Florida category in Band 1
  • Honored by Benchmark Litigation as Florida Firm of the Year
  • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in various categories including International Trade and Finance Law, Litigation—Securities, Commercial Litigation, and International Arbitration (Commercial)
  • Four partners Recognized in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Litigators Guide
  • Rivero Mestre Ranked Tier 1 in the U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers® 2021 “Best Law Firms”
  • Rivero Mestre LLP has been ranked in the 2021 edition of Benchmark Litigation in Dispute Resolution as a “Highly Recommended Firm” in Florida.
  • Rivero Mestre recognized by Chambers & Partners in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA as a top-ranked Florida firm for General Commercial Litigation. Chambers also recognized partners Andrés Rivero, Jorge A. Mestre, and Amanda McGovern for General Commercial Litigation.
  • Rivero Mestre Ranked Tier 1 in the 2020 U.S. News-Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” for Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White-Collar in Metropolitan Miami.
  • Four partners featured in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
  • Four partners featured in the 2020 edition of Super Lawyers as "Top Rated Attorneys."
  • Honored by Chambers and Partners as the winner of its 2020 Diversity & Inclusion Award for Outstanding Firm for Furthering Diversity and Inclusion (USA Private Practice Firm category)
  • Rivero Mestre ranked in Benchmark Litigation in Dispute Resolution as a “Highly Recommended Firm” in Florida
  • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in various categories including International Trade and Finance Law, Litigation—Securities, Commercial Litigation, and International Arbitration (Commercial)
  • Rivero Mestre recognized by Chambers & Partners in the 2019 edition of Chambers USA as a top-ranked Florida firm for General Commercial Litigation. Chambers also recognized partners Andrés Rivero, Jorge A. Mestre, and Amanda McGovern for General Commercial Litigation.
  • Rivero Mestre Ranked Tier 1 in the 2019 U.S. News-Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” for Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White-Collar in Metropolitan Miami.
  • Three partners featured in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
  • Three partners featured in the 2019 edition of Super Lawyers as "Top Rated Attorneys."
  • Jorge A. Mestre elected President of the Hispanic National Bar Foundation.
  • Rivero Mestre recognized by Chambers & Partners in the 2018 edition of Chambers USA as a top-ranked Florida firm for General Commercial Litigation. Chambers also recognized partners Andrés Rivero, Jorge A. Mestre, and Amanda McGovern for General Commercial Litigation.
  • Rivero Mestre Ranked Tier 1 in the 2018 U.S. News-Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” for Criminal Defense: White-Collar in Metropolitan Miami.
  • Four partners featured in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
  • Four partners featured in the 2018 edition of Super Lawyers as "Top Rated Attorneys."
  • Rivero Mestre was recognized by the Daily Business Review in its 13th Annual Most Effective Lawyers special report in the practice area of Class Action.
  • Rivero Mestre recognized by Chambers & Partners in the 2017 edition of Chambers USA as a top-ranked Florida firm for General Commercial Litigation. Chambers also recognized partners Andrés Rivero, Jorge A. Mestre, and Amanda McGovern for General Commercial Litigation.
  • Rivero Mestre Ranked Tier 1 in the 2017 U.S. News-Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” for Criminal Defense: White-Collar in Metropolitan Miami.
  • Four partners featured in the 2017 edition of Super Lawyers as "Top Rated Attorneys."
  • Rivero Mestre was honored by The American Lawyer as a winner of a Global Legal Award for its work on the Chevron v. Donziger case in the category of Global Dispute of the Year: U.S. Fraud Litigation.
  • Rivero Mestre has earned a firm ranking in Chambers USA in General Litigation (Florida). Andrés Rivero and Jorge A. Mestre have also been individually identified as "Leaders in their Field."
  • Rivero Mestre was honored with Chevron Law Function’s Law Firm Diversity Recognition Award. The award recognizes Chevron's law firm partners that have distinguished themselves by demonstrating their commitment to diversity.
  • Rivero Mestre has for years been ranked as a Tier 1 law firm in White-Collar Governmental Investigations and White-Collar Litigation by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers®.