Major cases
Some of Amsterdam's most well known cases were related to early work in Africa and Latin America (well before his later Russia-related issues). Amsterdam won a major international litigation on behalf of the Four Seasons Hotel and Resort Group in Venezuela, and he also worked the well known Gutierrez case in Guatemala, which involved representing the victims of one of the country's largest alleged tax fraud and money laundering schemes.
[5][6] Amsterdam would go on to represent famous political prisoners such as
Eligio Cedeño in Venezuela, African political leaders such as Nigeria's
Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, and leading democracy advocates such as Singapore's Dr.
Chee Soon Juan.
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