Gonzalo S. Zeballos
Gonzalo Zeballos is a seasoned international litigator whose experience spans five continents and more than 30 jurisdictions worldwide. As comfortable in the U.S. courts as in a foreign arbitral proceeding, Mr. Zeballos’s practice includes general commercial litigation, international arbitration (ad hoc and major arbitration fora), international antitrust, multinational civil and criminal regulatory investigations, internal investigations, alien tort claims act and foreign securities litigation. He has successfully represented domestic and international clients across a broad range of industries, including insurance, media, telecommunications, manufacturing, oil and gas and financial services. In addition, Mr. Zeballos has been an active supporter of pro bono efforts on behalf of political asylum applicants and has successfully represented asylum applicants hailing from Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Mr. Zeballos is currently serving as the head of international litigation strategy for matters relating to the firm’s representation of Irving H. Picard, as Trustee for the liquidation of the business of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC. In connection with that representation, Mr. Zeballos is coordinating and overseeing investigations and legal proceedings in multiple jurisdictions.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Zeballos was an in-house lawyer at American International Group, Inc., where he was responsible for managing international litigation and arbitration for the parent company and its subsidiaries, as well as coordinating global e-discovery policies. Mr. Zeballos also worked for several years in the New York and London offices of major U.K. and U.S. law firms.