Tew Cardenas LLP

FIRM OVERVIEW: Tew Cardenas LLP is a Miami-based law firm that represents, advises and counsels individuals, domestic and foreign corporations and state and local governmental entities. The firm handles matters in state and federal courts, domestic and international arbitrations, and business transactions. The Tew Cardenas team possesses expertise in a broad range of legal disciplines including business litigation, real estate and financial transactions, environmental, land use and local government law, insurance, construction law, international asset recovery, international litigation and arbitration, professional malpractice, loan workouts, regulatory and administrative law, securities litigation and enforcement proceedings, and white-collar criminal defense. Tew Cardenas is a different kind of law firm. The firm has resisted the temptation to grow into, or combine with, a mega firm. Clients come to the firm because of its proven track record of creativity and success and its personal attention to client needs. The firm prides itself on being entrusted with significant and high profile legal, regulatory, and business issues. It is a firm that clients seek out when the stakes are high. Although the scope of a client’s needs ultimately dictates the size of the legal team, Tew Cardenas believes that a legal team need be no larger than necessary to effectively meet the client’s needs. The firm assembles a small interdisciplinary team of lawyers and professionals who provide a superior level of service while maximizing efficiency. The partners work directly with the clients rather than supervise the work of others. The firm’s clients benefit fromthe experience and judgment of seasoned lawyers without the associated costs and inefficiencies of larger, more layered teams of lawyers.

MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Litigation: The firm is known for its experience in trying cases involving complex business disputes. The firm has tried cases before judges and juries and arbitration panels in almost every area of financial and commercial law, including contractual disputes, UCC, securities, antitrust, banking, real estate, partnership and joint venture disputes, corporate governance, RICO, antitrust, business torts, fraud, lender liability, aviation, professional malpractice, construction, intellectual property, employment, international arbitration, First Amendment, probate, letters of credit, administrative law, regulatory actions, and class actions. Its White-Collar Criminal Defense Group includes a former United States District Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
Real Estate: The firm has expertise in a broad range of real estate practice areas, including purchase and sale transactions, debt and equity financing, leasing transactions, structuring of partnerships, limited liability companies and other entities, loan workouts, distressed property transactions and condominium and association documents. The Real Estate Group provides counsel to companies, individuals and governmental entities in connection with hotels, condominiums, public/private transactions, office buildings, land acquisitions, apartment buildings and various types of development projects.
Environmental & Land Use: The firm handles complex land use and environmental matters before governmental entities at the local, state and federal levels. The firm handles all aspects of real property entitlement, as well as litigation and administrative advocacy relating to such matters as zoning, comprehensive plan amendments, traffic impacts, mitigation, impact fees, development agreements, inverse condemnation, regulatory takings, and bond validation challenges. Its environmental services include representation in the permitting process, and civil and criminal litigation related to site remediation, brownfields, wetlands, site contamination, CERCLA, and administrative appeals, and procurement.
Public Advocacy: The Public Advocacy Group, headed by a two-time former State Chairman of the Republican Party, provides advocacy at the national, state, and local levels.
International Work: The increase in cross-border transactions has generated transactional work as well as an influx of litigants seeking resolution in Miami, with arbitration as a timely and cost-effective method of resolving disputes. The firm has one of the most dynamic and dedicated practice groups in the field. Its multicultural and multilingual lawyers possess extensive experience in domestic laws as well as in applying multilateral and bilateral treaties and conventions that affect international legal disputes. The lawyers at the firm have handled arbitration under the major international arbitration rules, including the International Chamber of Commerce and American Arbitration Association. It has extensive dispute resolution experience in a broad range of industry sectors, such as telecommunications, power and energy, agricultural, financial institutions, and franchising, and in numerous countries. The firm’s International Asset Recovery Group has assisted clients in recovering financial and other assets that have been illegally transferred by foreign entities and individuals into the United States and other countries. The firm has established a team of attorneys and forensic accountants to represent foreign governments and international financial institutions to recover stolen assets. The firm works closely with government agencies, the appropriate ministers, central bank officials, and law enforcement officials to develop litigation recovery plans and in the preparation of criminal charges against wrongdoers. The firm also assists foreign governments that seek the extradition of wrongdoers located in the United States. It has been involved in foreign legal actions and has utilized administrative, legislative, and judicial processes to enforce and collect judgments against foreign governments. The Real Estate Group often represents foreign investors in acquiring various types of real estate in this country. Their expertise in Latin America and extensive contacts with established local attorneys, businessmen, and government officials allow us to provide our clients skilled and effective representation.

CLIENTS: The firm represents a diverse client base including domestic and foreign individuals and companies and domestic and foreign governmental entities in connection with a broad range of industries.

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  Florida

  Litigation: General Commercial (Band 4)
  Thomas Schultz (Band 4)
  Thomas Tew (Band 3)
  Real Estate
  Brian Tague (Band 1)
  

Ranked Individuals

• Thomas Schultz
• Brian Tague
• Thomas Tew