Alexander Pencu at Meister Seelig & Fein PLLC is an excellent commercial litigator with notable experience in international cases. Pencu's expertise includes both representing clients before federal and state courts, with particular experience in antitrust, business torts and breach of contract claims. His clients come from the healthcare, beverage and oil and gas sectors – among several others – and include notable corporate and state clients such as Erkman International Co. and the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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Key clients

  • Erkman International Co. Ltd.
  • Dr. Bavaguthu Shetty (“B.R. Shetty”) and Neopharma LLC
  • The Federal Republic of Nigeria and Attorney General Abubakar Malami, the
  • Attorney General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Work highlights

  • Representing Erkman International Co (EIC), the minority owner of Ektam Kibris Ltd – the exclusive bottler and distributor of Pepsi soft drink products in Northern Cyprus. EIC alleges that the individual defendants who control Ektam engaged in a fraudulent scheme to steal Ektam’s profits from its Pepsi distribution business.
  • Defending The Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ) in a more than $12bn foreign arbitral award enforcement proceeding commenced by Process and Industrial Developments Ltd. (“P&ID”) in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.