
Nyana Abreu Miller
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Áreas de Atuação

Nyana Abreu Miller, Sócia da LL Law Firm, concentra sua atuação em insolvência transnacional, recuperação de ativos matrimoniais e fraude financeira. Nyana atuou em casos ajuizados sob o Capítulo 15 (Chapter 15) do Código de Falências dos Estados Unidos, representando administradores estrangeiros de empresas e instituições financeiras latino-americanas em situação de insolvência, nos quais
em pedidos de assistência para obtenção de provas nos termos da 28 U.S.C. § 1782 (Seção 1782 do Código dos Estados Unidos), destinadas a litígios pendentes no exterior.
Nyana has domesticated and enforced foreign judgments under Florida’s Uniform Out-of-country Foreign Money-Judgment Recognition Act.
Nyana has led e-discovery teams, both as counsel to the requesting party and the receiving party, and has utilized U.S. discovery to obtain valuable intelligence for her clients, including documents falling under the crime-fraud exception to the attorney client privilege. Nyana has represented a company in international commercial arbitration.
Antes de ingressar na LL Law Firm, Nyana atuou em transações comerciais, financeiras e imobiliárias em escritório de advocacia internacional. Nessa função, representou sindicatos bancários em operações financeiras voltadas a diversas finalidades, incluindo capital de giro, comércio internacional e aquisições.
Honras e Conquistas
Decisões publicadas das quais Nyana participou incluem:
- Recognized by SuperLawyers, 2023 - 2026, and Rising Star, 2020 - 2021
- International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Board of Directors , 2020 - 2025
- IWIRC Rising Star, 2020
- IWIRC Florida Emerging Leader Award Recipient, 2020
- Latinvex Top 50 Rising Legal Star for Latin America
- Honorable Mention, Best Individual Oralist, Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
- Seven CALI “book awards”
Publications
- Marital Asset Recovery ‘Wealth Managers’ Assist Unscrupulous Men in Defrauding Their Wives, Daily Business Review, 24 de janeiro de 2018 — Edward H. Davis Jr., John Silberman e Nyana Miller
- Cross-Border Insolvency In Brazil: The UNCITRAL Model Law Dances to a Samba Beat, Law.com, June 14, 2021, Nyana Miller and Raul Torrão
- Chapter 21 – O Bom Anfitrião na Insolvência Transnacional"Chapter 21 — O Bom Anfitrião na Insolvência Transnacional", Nyana Miller e Raul Torrao, inTemas Polêmicos sobre a Reforma da Lei 11.101/2005, Editora Quartier Latin, coord. Otávio De Paoli Balbino e Márcia De Paoli Balbino, agosto de 2022
- The Use of Mediation in Restructuring and Insolvency: A US Perspective, INSOL I-Read, December 2024, Nyana Miller.
Apresentações e Seminários
- Insolvência Transnacional e os 20 anos da Lei: passado, presente e futuro, TMA Brasil, February 2025; Moderador: Francisco Satiro; Co-Panelists: Michael McCourt, Paulo Fernando Campana Filho. Available in Portuguese here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CenvkzHNIMw
- — 6 de novembro de 2024 — Moderator: Lynn P. Harrison III
- Cross border Insolvency: Why do LatAm companies file for Chapter 11 in the US? Drawbacks and benefits of filing Chapter 11 for LatAm companies, September 2024; Moderator: Robert Villaseca; Co-Panelists: Zamira Ayul, Paul J. Keenan Jr., Isaac Stevens.
- Sabemos mediar? Uma visão comparativa entre o Brasil e os países de common law, IWIRC Brasil, August 6, 2024; Moderador: Camila Tebaldi; Co-Panelists: Alecia Johns, Luciana Celidonia, Renata Oliveira, Sheila Neder Cerezetti.
- — Florida Bar International Law Section, iLaw Conference, fevereiro de 2024
- — C5 Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Conference, janeiro de 2024
- UNCITRAL: Model Law on recognition and enforcement of insolvency related judgments, IWIRC Brasil, August 24, 2023; Moderator: Hon. Maria Cristina Zucchi, Beatriz Faneca, Hon. Laurel Isicoff, Nyana Miller, Olya Antle.
- Alienação de Ativos em Processos de Insolvência, IBRADEMP – Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Empresarial, September 14, 2022.
- Mootness Doctrine, Ela Vai Pegar? IWIRC Brazil, August 25, 2022; Exma. Anglizey Oliveira, Moderator; Co-Panelists: Exma. Claudia Helena Batista, Sheila Neder Cerezetti
- — INSOL Latin America, 3 de março de 2022
- Insolvência Transfronteiriça e o Chapter 15, IBDE – Instituto Brasileiro do Direito da Empresa, June 10, 2021.
- — Escuela Federal de Formación Judicial, Cidade do México, maio de 2021
- A Crise da Empresa Transnacional: Adoção da Lei Modelo da Uncitral, Núcleo de Direito e Empresa e Arbitragem – NDEA, Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School, Rio de Janeiro, April 2021.
- — International Insolvency Institute & IWIRC, março de 2021
- ¿Por qué las empresas Latinoamericanas recurren al Capítulo XI para reorganizarse? Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México – INCAM & IWIRC América Latina, February 2021.
- Speak Up: Taller de Oratoria, Elevando tu Carrera en insolvencia al siguiente nivel, IWIRC, February 2021.
- Comparison of Tools Available to Brazilian Companies Under Chapters 11 and 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code, Brazil’s CMR Empresarial – Center for Women in Business Restructuring, July 22, 2020, available in Portuguese here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZXR5y5JNZY
- Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Bankruptcy Cases: Experiences in the U.S. and Brazil, IBDE – Instituto Brasileiro do Direito da Empresa, May 18, 2020, available in Portuguese here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHRdTjY3oik&t=2560s
- Private-Public Partnerships in International Asset Recovery, Brazil’s IPLD – Institute of Professionals for the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism, May 15, 2020.
- — Second Annual IWIRC Brazil Summit, Rio de Janeiro, 13 de março de 2020
- — Offshore Alert Conference, São Paulo, setembro de 2019
- Speak Up! Public Speaking Workshop, IWIRC, February 2021
Decisões Publicadas
- Published decisions in which Nyana has participated include:
- , Case No. 18-23941-RAM, 2019 WL 1012790 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. Mar. 1, 2019) (autorizando discovery financeiro de membros da família do devedor individual e de shell companies relacionadas a processos estrangeiros em curso).
- , 644 F. App'x 959 (11th Cir. 2016) (mantendo ordem de sigilo para proteger investigação de fraude como pesquisa confidencial).
- In re Transbrasil S.A. Linhas Aereas, 557 B.R. 240 (Bankr. D. Fla. 2016) (defining “party in interest” under Rule 2004 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure).
- , No. 10-47543-BKC-LMI, 2014 WL 5655025 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. Nov. 3, 2014) (autorizando contato entre advogados e ex-empregados de parte adversa em antecipação a litígio de
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