Our Practice Areas

Mr. Squires, in addition to his practice, serves as Special Magistrate over code violations and other related municipal ordinances. He is close to the public and community where serves as a public servant. Also, serving as a Special Magistrate sharpens his arbitral professional saw. He is an Outside General Counsel for US-based global companies.

The firm works and has worked on matters related to Brazil and other countries. Mr. Beno Suchodolski, founding Member of Suchdolski Advogados in São Paulo, Brazil, is Florida Foreign Legal Consultant to the Squires International Law, PLLC. Mr. Squires has lived and worked in oil and gas, music technology, and aviation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Also, Squires has arbitrated and mediated Brazilian matters.

Additionally, Mr. Squires has lived and worked in Mexico City, Mexico; The Netherlands; the Republic of Panama, and Indonesia; further he has worked throughout Africa, Europe, The Middle East, and Asia. His arbitrations, as Arbitrator and advocate, are global in nature, like his mediations as Mediator and counsel. The firm serves global clients and matters.

Mr. Gilbert K. Squires, P.E., FCCA, DCIArb, BCS, is the former President of Conoco Mexico, Ltd., in Mexico City, Mexico. He is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, and Diplomate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, serves in complex business, oil & gas, energy, and construction arbitration tribunals of the AAA (American Arbitration Association), or ICDR (International Centre for Dispute Resolution), or ICC (International Chamber of Commerce), as Arbitrator or a client Advocate.  As a Fellow of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, he has been asked to mediate energy, business, commercial, and probate disputes. Squires and firm members advise clients in properly planning and using arbitration clauses and agreements.  Mr. Squires, BCS, is a Board Certified Specialist in International Law, and a Board Certified Specialist in International Litigation and Arbitration.  Squires has served on the Executive Council of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Section of the Florida Bar.  Squires is a member of the International Law and International Litigation and Arbitration Sections of the Florida Bar.  Also, he is a Texas Professional Engineer in petroleum engineering.

The firm has vast experience with domestic and international corporations, individuals, and foreign governments in:

• Business, real- estate (including as a former title agent with Attorney’s Title), and 1031 exchanges;
• US company with international business mezzanine SBA loans’ negotiations;
• International aviation contracts, international aviation contract litigation in federal courts, and ICC arbitrations, including Argentine airliner “Concurso” (restructuring);
• African country ports and gasoline station contract negotiations;
• International personal injury litigation and mediation;
• Upstream oil & gas, international personal injury litigation, probate, probate litigation, guardianship;
• Foreclosure litigation, international banking litigation, international defamation litigation, state and federal court litigation, arbitrations, appellate and appellate litigation;
• Cross-border business litigation; cross-border bankruptcy litigation — Chapter 15, and assignments for the benefit of creditors litigation;
• Enforcement of judgments domestication and homologation of judgments, confirmation of arbitral awards; (fix the misspelled word)
• The Hague and Interamerican Conventions.
• Receiver and Receiverships.