Who We Are
Santiago A. Cueto focuses his practice on international business law.
Founding partner Santiago A. Cueto focuses his practice on international business law with an emphasis on class action, international commercial litigation, arbitration and transactions. His practice is based in Miami, Florida.
He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fox Business News, CNBC, Forbes, the National Law Journal, PC World, the Daily Business Review, the Los Angeles Business Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle and many other media outlets.
Prior to founding Cueto Law Group, Santiago worked at one of the largest law firms in the country and for a Wall Street-based law firm. He has represented Fortune 100 companies and foreign governments in a variety of complex commercial litigation and transactions matters. Santiago’s international education and experience has served to counsel companies operating throughout the world. He currently serves as executive counsel to companies in the global supply and communications industries.
Santiago volunteers his time by assisting impoverished communities around the world. Most recently he traveled to New Delhi, India and helped to establish a literacy program for the city’s primary schools. Through his relationship with Kiva.org, Santiago has also worked to distribute microloans to struggling entrepreneurs in more than 15 countries across the globe, including Peru, Tajikistan, Cambodia, Indonesia and Nepal.
Practice Areas
- International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
- Class Action
- International Business Transactions
- Executive Counsel to Global Business
Professional Associations
- Florida Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- International Bar Association
Education
- University of Florida, J.D.
- Executive Editor, Florida Journal of International Law
- Université de Montpellier, France
- University of Miami, M.A. (International Relations)
- University of Miami, B.A.
Bar Admissions
- Florida Bar
- pro hac vice, U.S.D.C. S.D. NY
Associated foreign counsel, Daniel Ugaz Sanchez-Moreno is licensed to practice in Peru. Daniel practices in the areas of arbitration and complex business matters with a focus on the telecommunications industry. He has represented the interests of Fortune 100 companies such as Pepsico, Volvo and a variety of global financial institutions.
Education
- University of Texas School of Law, LLM (International Law)
- · University of Lima, Peru
International Co-Counsel and Foreign Local Counsel Resources
Cueto Law Group expands the capabilities of its principal attorneys through its local counsel resources in Europe, Asia, Latin America and elsewhere.
Up-to-the-minute guidance on applicable law and practice as well as its critical real-world application is essential to the process. We have also developed ways to manage and control foreign local counsel resources at substantial cost savings to our clients.
Similar to the practice of major multinational companies, we continually monitor the capabilities of outstanding lawyers in Europe, Asia, Latin America and elsewhere. When these lawyers have proven themselves to be both excellent sources of substantive advice as well as sensitive to our needs for responsiveness and cost-control, the lawyers are added to our working group of "preferred counsel."
We also evaluate such lawyers in accordance with best practices in handling confidentiality, conflict avoidance and other ethical matters.
The fee statements of our local counsel colleagues are integrated with ours, allowing for our review and close management of overall costs and resource allocation.
