Alex M. Englander
Associate
Overview
Alex M. Englander is an attorney in Holland & Knight's West Palm Beach office and a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Asset Recovery Practices. Mr. Englander's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, and he practices in both federal and state courts and before arbitral tribunals.
Mr. Englander regularly appears in litigation matters involving foreign judgment enforcement, asset recovery, cross-border insolvencies, foreign discovery matters (including under 28 U.S.C. § 1782), and Chapters 7, 11 and 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. He often acts as legal counsel to foreign and domestic court-appointed liquidators, receivers and distribution agents in matters requiring legal and technical acumen such as high-stakes fraud, the recovery of digital/blockchain assets and intellectual property (IP) disputes.
In addition to practicing in state and federal courts, Mr. Englander is licensed to practice in England & Wales and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Englander worked as a nuclear engineer and directed operations and training onboard moored naval nuclear submarines. He also supervised control room and plant operations at a commercial nuclear power plant.
Representative Experience
- Served as co-lead counsel to a private equity firm for the enforcement of defaulted promissory notes, resulting in more than $30 million in judgments
- Served as lead counsel to a global manufacturer of personal protective equipment, obtaining more than $2 million in judgments from breached purchase agreements
- Served as counsel to a creditor holding a defaulted promissory note and ships mortgages, obtaining a successful arrest and auction of three maritime vessels in enforcement of the creditor's contractual rights
- Served as counsel to multiple global insurance brokerages in matters relating to enforcement of non-solicitation agreements
- Served as counsel to the victim of a phishing fraud in the recovery of funds that were converted to cryptocurrency and transferred to global exchanges
- Served as counsel to banks and financial institutions in the recovery of defaulted commercial loans, including the enforcement of security interests
- Served as counsel to a cryptocurrency exchange in the recovery of stolen funds, achieving the first recognition of service via non-fungible token (NFT) as a permissible means of service of process
- Served as counsel to a distribution agent of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Fair Fund relating to an initial coin offering (ICO) securities fraud, developing proprietary coded scripts to validate victims' claims based upon public and private blockchain data
- Served as counsel to the receiver of a company alleged to have engaged in ICO securities fraud, developing proprietary coding to validate victims' claims based upon public and private blockchain data, approving distributions via digital assets and resolving disputes concerning digital token values
- Served as counsel to an artificial intelligence (AI)-based online job posting company, successfully obtaining dismissal of claims of copyright infringement, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and unfair competition
- Served as counsel to a patent licensee relating to disputed royalty payments, achieving favorable claim resolution
- Served as counsel to financial institutions on compliance with restraining notices and garnishments
- Served as counsel to a foreign company in the recovery of assets stolen by employees in a complex cryptocurrency and wire transfer fraud
- Served as counsel to multiple global corporations seeking the removal of fraudulent job postings and domains utilizing their service marks
- Served as counsel to a digital asset prime broker, advising on rapid-response measures and asset recovery techniques in the event of a cybersecurity breach
- Served as counsel to entities in active SEC and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations and enforcement actions
- Served as U.S. counsel to the joint liquidators of Three Arrows Capital Ltd., a crypto hedge fund that held billions of dollars in assets under management, obtaining Chapter 15 recognition and conducting worldwide discovery and recovery of assets for creditors
- Served as U.S. counsel to Cayman Islands-based joint official liquidators of three collapsed funds, obtaining Chapter 15 recognition and conducting worldwide discovery and recovery of assets for creditors
- Served as U.S. counsel to Cayman Islands-based joint official liquidators in the cross-border enforcement of claims against the former principals of an investment fund
Credentials
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude
- University of Florida, M.S., Nuclear Engineering
- University of Florida, B.S., Nuclear Engineering, with honors
- England and Wales
- Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Up-and-Coming Star, INSOL International
- Order of the Coif
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Business Associations, University of Miami School of Law
- Director's Book Award, Litigation Skills, University of Miami School of Law
- Arabic
- English
- Hebrew