Nyana Abreu Miller
Partner
Nyana Abreu Miller, a Partner at Sequor Law, focuses her practice on cross-border insolvency, marital asset recovery and financial fraud. Nyana has worked on cases brought under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on behalf of foreign office holders of bankrupt Latin American companies and financial institutions where insiders concealed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of assets into or through the United States.
Nyana has represented individuals, corporations, receivers and trustees in applications for assistance in obtaining evidence under 28 U.S.C § 1782, for use in litigation pending abroad.
Nyana has domesticated and enforced foreign judgments under Florida’s Uniform Out-of-country Foreign Money-Judgment Recognition Act.
Prior to joining Sequor Law, Nyana worked on commercial, financial and real estate transactions at an international law firm. In that position, she represented bank syndicates in financial transactions for various purposes, including working capital, international trade and acquisitions.
Favorite Quote:
“A dream dreamt alone is just a dream dreamt alone. But a dream dreamt together is reality.” – Raul Seixas
Languages:
- English
- Portuguese
- Spanish
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As of 2019, Nyana Abreu Miller is Board Certified in International Litigation and Arbitration by the Florida Bar.
Desde 2019, Nyana Abreu Miller está certificado pela Ordem dos Advogados da Flórida como especialista em Litígio e Arbitragem Internacionais.
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Education
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D. (Summa Cum Laude, 2011)
- Valedictorian
- Dean’s Fellow for Contracts
- University of Kansas, B.A. (Honors, 2005)
Admissions
- Florida Bar
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida
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Honors / Achievements
Nyana has been honored with multiple awards and recognitions for her outstanding contributions to the legal profession, including:
- Super Lawyers Magazine, 2020 & 2021 Florida Rising Star
- International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Regional Director for Latin America, 2020-2021
- IWIRC Rising Star, 2020
- IWIRC Florida Emerging Leader Award Recipient, 2020
- Latinvex Top 50 Rising Legal Star for Latin America
- Honorable Mention, Best Individual Oralist, Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
- Seven CALI “book awards”
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Published Decisions
Published decisions in which Nyana has participated include:
- In re SAM Industrias S.A., Case No. 18-23941-RAM, 2019 WL 1012790 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. Mar. 1, 2019) (permitting financial discovery of individual debtor’s family members and shell companies related to ongoing foreign adversary proceedings).
- In re Transbrasil S.A. Linhas Aereas, 644 F. App’x 959 (11th Cir. 2016) (affirming seal order to protect fraud investigation as confidential research).
- In re Transbrasil S.A. Linhas Aereas, 557 B.R. 240 (Bankr. D. Fla. 2016) (defining “party in interest” under Rule 2004 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure).
- In re Banco Santos, S.A., No. 10-47543-BKC-LMI, 2014 WL 5655025 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. Nov. 3, 2014) (permitting attorney contact with former employees of adverse party in contemplation of adversary litigation).
Nyana Abreu Miller
Partner
Publications
- Marital Asset Recovery ‘Wealth Managers’ Assist Unscrupulous Men in Defrauding Their Wives, Daily Business Review, January 24, 2018, Edward H. Davis, Jr, John Silberman, and Nyana Miller
- Cross-Border Insolvency In Brazil: The UNCITRAL Model Law Dances to a Samba Beat,Law.com, June 14, 2021, Nyana Miller and Raul Torrao
- Chapter 21 – O Bom Anfitrião na Insolvência Transnacional, Nyana Miller and Raul Torrao, Temas polêmicos sobre a Reforma da Lei 11.101/2005, Editora Quartier Latin, coordinated by Otávio De Paoli Balbino e Márcia De Paoli Balbino, August 2022
Presentations
- Insolvência Transnacional e os 20 anos da Lei: passado, presente e futuro, TMA Brasil, February 2025. Moderador: Francisco Satiro, Sócio, Satiro Advogados; Debatedores: Michael McCourt, Sócio, Norton Rose Fulbright; Nyana Miller, Sócia, Sequor Law; Paula Campana, Sócio, Campana Pacca Advogados; Relatoria: Nathalia Vianna, Sócia, Vianna, Burke & Oliveira Franco Advogados. Available in Portuguese here:
- ABI International North American Insolvency, Asset Tracing, November 6, 2024, Lynn P. Harrison III, Moderator; Joel E. Cohen, Russell Crumpler.
- Panel Discussion 3 – Cross border Insolvency: Why do LatAM companies file for Chapter 11 in the US? Drawbacks and benefits of filing Chapter 11 for LatAM companies, September 2024; Robert Villaseca, Moderator: Zamira Ayul, Paul J. Keenan Jr., Isaac Stevens.
- Sabemos mediar? Uma visão comparativa entre o Brasil e os países de common law, IWIRC Brasil, August 6, 2024; Embaixadora Nalian Cintra; Moderadora: Camila Tebaldi; Alecia Johns; Luciana Celidonia; Renata Oliveira; Sheila Neder Cerezetti.
- The Money Chase, The Florida Bar International Law Section, February 2024.
- The Use of Judicially Sanctioned Secrecy: the tortoise catering the hare, C5 Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Conference, January 2024; Speaker: Martin Kenny, Henrique Forssell.
- Alienação de Ativos em Processos de Insolvência, IBRADEMP – Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Empresarial, September 14, 2022
- Mootness Doctrine, Ela Vai Pegar? IWIRC Brazil, August 25, 2022
- International Dispute Funding in Latin America, INSOL Latin America, March 3, 2022
- Insolvência Transfronteiriça e o Chapter 15, IBDE – Instituto Brasileiro do Direito da Empresa, June 10, 2021
- Los procesos de insolvencia como vía más eficiente para recuperar bienes desviados por actos en fraude de acreedores, Escuela Federal de Formación Judicial, Mexico City, May 2021
- A Crise da Empresa Transnacional: Adoção da Lei Modelo da Uncitral, Núcleo de Direito e Empresa e Arbitragem – NDEA, Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School, Rio de Janeiro, April 2021
- Treasure Hunt, International Insolvency Institute – III & IWIRC, March 2021
- ¿Por qué las empresas Latinoamericanas recurren al Capítulo XI para reorganizarse? Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México – INCAM & IWIRC América Latina, February 2021
- Speak Up! Public Speaking Workshop, IWIRC, February 2021
- Comparison of Tools Available to Brazilian Companies Under Chapters 11 and 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code, Brazil’s CMR Empresarial – Center for Women in Business Restructuring, July 22, 2020, available in Portuguese here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZXR5y5JNZY
- Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Bankruptcy Cases: Experiences in the U.S. and Brazil, IBDE – Instituto Brasileiro do Direito da Empresa, May 18, 2020, available in Portuguese here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHRdTjY3oik&t=2560s
- Private-Public Partnerships in International Asset Recovery, Brazil’s IPLD – Institute of Professionals for the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism,
May 15, 2020 - International Insolvency, Second Annual IWIRC Brazil Summit, Rio de Janeiro, March 13, 2020
- Introduction to International Asset Recovery, Offshore Alert Conference, Sao Paulo, September 2019
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