Alain M. Acanda

Alain M. Acanda is an attorney at Sequor Law, where he focuses his practice on judgment and arbitral award enforcement, international arbitration, asset recovery, and cross-border insolvency.

 

At Sequor Law, Alain represents clients in complex domestic and cross-border disputes involving the recognition and enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards, fraudulent transfers, insolvency proceedings, and cross-border discovery. He regularly handles matters involving the domestication and enforcement of foreign judgments in the United States and has worked on Chapter 15 proceedings involving contested recognition of foreign insolvency proceedings. His experience also includes fraudulent transfer litigation, including a matter in which the firm obtained full recovery for its client, as well as discovery proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 in aid of foreign proceedings.

 

Prior to joining Sequor Law, Alain served as an Associate at Schlesinger Law Group, where he focused on commercial litigation and probate matters. He managed several matters and regularly drafted pleadings and dispositive motions in state and federal court, represented clients at depositions and hearings, and contributed to a commercial litigation matter that resulted in an $850,000 settlement.

 

As a Law Clerk at OKI Law, Alain worked on complex commercial litigation, institutional arbitration, and intellectual property matters. He drafted legal memoranda and a range of motions, including motions to compel arbitration, motions for summary judgment, § 1782 discovery requests, and motions for sanctions.

 

Alain also gained experience as a Law Clerk at Cole, Scott & Kissane and Torres Victor, where he authored successful motions in an $11 million bad faith insurance lawsuit, including a motion to compel in camera inspection of privileged materials and to waive attorney-client privilege.

 

Alain earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Florida International University College of Law.