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Sofia
Duarte

Portuguese-qualified counsel focused on enforcement against layered corporate structures and complex disputes involving CIS-linked holdings.

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PARTNER · CIS REGION
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LANGUAGES
Portuguese · English · Russian · Latvian
Sofia leads VLO's CIS Region practice. Her work centres on cross-border enforcement against assets held through layered corporate structures — typically using Baltic, Cypriot, or Maltese holding entities — and coordination of parallel proceedings across multiple jurisdictions.
Her Russian and Latvian language skills, combined with familiarity with how CIS-linked principals structure their asset-holding patterns, allow her to advise European creditors on recovery strategies against defendants who systematically move assets through layered holdings.

Iberian and Baltic legal education with focus on international commercial disputes.
BIOGRAPHY
PRACTICE AREAS
Sofia advises on
ENFORCEMENT
Foreign judgments against CIS-linked structures.
Coordinated investigation across EU and offshore jurisdictions.
ASSET TRACING
BANKRUPTCY
Insolvency proceedings with cross-border exposure.
CORPORATE
Disputes involving holding-company structures.
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REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Selected practice areas in action.
Examples illustrate the type of matter Sofia handles. Specifics are withheld for confidentiality.
ENFORCEMENT
Layered structure recovery
Coordinated parallel proceedings to pierce multi-jurisdiction holding pattern; full recovery.
ASSET TRACING
Investigation engagement
Acted for European institutional client in multi-jurisdiction tracing of borrower's offshore asset chain.
BANKRUPTCY
Cross-border insolvency
Foreign creditor representation in offshore-jurisdiction liquidation proceedings; priority recognition secured.
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