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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Partner, Commercial Litigation & Cross-Border Dispute Resolution

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Partner, Commercial Litigation & Cross-Border Dispute Resolution

Career

Alexander Pencu is a lead partner in the New York office of Meister Seelig & Fein and is a member of the Commercial Litigation Practice. He has significant cross-border and international litigation experience and has tried cases in both federal and state courts, as well as before arbitration panels. His particular focus is on antitrust, breach of contract claims, business torts, unfair trade practices, trade secret misappropriation, shareholder derivative suits, corporate divorces, disputes arising from the sale of businesses and non-compete claims.

Education

J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law, Law Review, Moot Court B.A., University of Rochester, Economics & Political Science

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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.