Areas of Concentration
Nicolas Swerdloff is a litigation partner, the Managing Partner of the Miami, Florida office, and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. His practice focuses on complex litigation and arbitration, both international and domestic. He especially concentrates on financial services, securities (including fraud and RICO), professional liability, products liability, and foreign sovereign litigation.
Mr. Swerdloff, for example, led the defense of ALSTOM, the French conglomerate, in a succession of fraud and breach of warranty actions filed in federal and state courts in Florida seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages based on alleged deficiencies in the propulsion systems installed on luxury cruise ships operated by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and Regent Seven Seas Cruise Lines. He also prosecuted actions in federal court in New York on behalf of BNP Paribas, Banco Nazionale del Lavoro and other bondholders against the Republic of Argentina, after it defaulted on $115 billion of sovereign debt, one of the largest sovereign debt defaults in history.
Mr. Swerdloff is ranked in Chambers.
He also serves as an arbitrator and is a member of the Panel of Neutrals of the American Arbitration Association. He has been with Hughes Hubbard, in New York and Miami, since 1983.
Recognitions
- Ranked in Chambers U.S.A. (Florida, Litigation)
- Included in Florida Super Lawyers for International
- Included in Who’s Who Legal: Florida: 2008 (Commercial Arbitration Chapter)
- Named a Top Lawyer in South Florida Legal Guide
Other Activities
- Member, American Bar Association, International Law and Litigation Sections
- Chair, Florida Bar, International Law Section
- Member, American Arbitration Association Panel of Neutrals
Court Admissions
- United States District Courts of Appeals for the Second and Eleventh Circuits.
- United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan.