Lance Aduba
Counsel | Miami
Lance represents companies and individuals in high-stakes disputes, investigations and enforcement matters. He regularly handles complex commercial litigation, arbitration, white-collar criminal defense, internal and regulatory investigations, and cross-border matters involving Latin America, with particular experience in digital assets and fintech, financial services, securities and antitrust claims, business torts and deceptive trade practices, real estate and hospitality disputes, and sports, media and gaming matters.
A former Assistant Federal Public Defender, federal judicial law clerk in the Southern District of New York, and litigation associate at two global law firms, Lance brings trial experience, investigative judgment, Spanish-language fluency and a cross-border perspective to sensitive matters involving parallel civil, criminal and regulatory exposure.
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Before joining Dynamis in 2023, Lance practiced at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, where he represented multinational companies and financial institutions in complex litigation, arbitration, and government investigations involving anti-corruption, sanctions, securities, financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, racketeering, and cross-border enforcement issues.
Lance also has legal and risk-management experience in Latin America, including work with the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores in Mexico City and an MBA with a specialization in compliance and best corporate practices from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago. He draws on that background to help clients evaluate legal risk, manage cross-border issues, and navigate matters involving compliance, financial products, data, and regulatory exposure.
Earlier in his career, Lance clerked for Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Puerto Rico and along the U.S.-Mexico border, where he handled serious federal criminal matters, including trials, hearings and appeals, and represented predominantly Spanish-speaking clients. He is fluent in Spanish.
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Representative matters and experience include:
Representing companies and individuals in white-collar criminal defense and regulatory investigations involving cryptocurrency-related financial fraud and money laundering, healthcare fraud, Medicare/Medicaid issues, payroll-tax disputes, insider trading, and qui tam / False Claims Act exposure.
Representing clients in digital-asset and fintech disputes involving asset-freeze and recovery strategies, exchange/platform liability, decentralized-finance protocols, token and conversion rights, blockchain tracing, and cross-border enforcement.
Leading complex commercial disputes and arbitrations involving fraud, unfair competition, deceptive trade practices, business torts, class-action exposure and contract disputes.
Representing financial institutions, investors and account holders in disputes involving alleged account-management failures, concealment or mishandling of assets, fiduciary and custodial issues, securities-related claims, and related consumer/commercial claims.
Representing parties in real estate disputes involving title and escrow issues, alleged fraud, ownership and governance conflicts, investment disputes, foreclosure-adjacent issues, and multi-jurisdiction coordination.
Representing clients in sports, media, and gaming disputes, including esports antitrust litigation/arbitration, reputational-harm matters, public-facing media disputes, and high-stakes commercial claims.
Represented more than 100 consumers in multi-million-dollar claims against a cryptocurrency exchange arising from unauthorized access to and withdrawals from customer accounts.
Represented multinational companies in government investigations and cross-border disputes involving the FCPA, sanctions, securities, financial services, telecommunications and healthcare issues.
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Harvard Law School, J.D.
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, MBA, with Specialization in Compliance and Best Corporate Practices, Santiago, Chile
University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., Political Science
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New York
Florida
U.S. District Court: Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court: Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court: Middle District of Florida
