Gonzalo Zeballos serves as the leader of BakerHostetler’s International Litigation team. He focuses on sophisticated cross-border disputes and investigations, including cases involving complex jurisdictional and choice of law issues. Gonzalo works closely with foreign counsel around the world and has, since 2009, been involved in one of the largest and most complex fraud asset tracing and recovery cases in history.
Recommended by The Legal 500 in the area of international-litigation, and listed by Who’s Who Legal for asset recovery, he has been involved in litigation, investigations and recovery efforts in dozens of jurisdictions spanning Latin America, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Well-versed in civil and common law proceedings, as well as civil, criminal and arbitral actions, Gonzalo brings a global perspective to resolving problems for clients.
Since 2009, he has led and managed international investigations and foreign recovery efforts in the representation of Trustee Irving H. Picard for the SIPA liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. Through his efforts, along with those of the BakerHostetler asset-recovery team, more than $14 billion in assets have been recovered from the decades-old Madoff Ponzi scheme – the largest of its kind in U.S. history.
Gonzalo often presents on fraud, asset tracing and recovery tools, cross-border investigations and managing multi-jurisdictional proceedings.