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Douglas Walter Mateyaschuk II
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Biography
With a wealth of experience practicing cross-border and international litigation, Douglas has provided legal counsel to private and sovereign clients located across the globe, with a particular focus in the Middle East and Africa. He has litigated cases in US state courts and at each level of the federal court system, including the United States Supreme Court. He has been consistently recognized by Super Lawyers for his work in the field of International Litigation (2014-2020).
Since 2004, Douglas has successfully litigated more than a dozen mass tort actions brought pursuant to the US Anti-Terrorism Act, securing victories on behalf of various Middle East-based financial institutions at the dispositive motion, summary judgment, and appellate stages. His victories include some of the leading decisions in the field of Anti-Terrorism Act litigation.
Douglas also represents and advises clients in connection with compliance and liability matters involving US Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism laws and regulations, claims brought pursuant to the US Alien Tort Statute, as well as other complex cross-border commercial litigation and contract disputes. In 2018, Douglas was part of the team that secured victory in Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court that barred Alien Tort Statute lawsuits against foreign corporations.
He writes on topics concerning international law, jurisdiction and compliance issues, with articles appearing in the New York Law Journal, Global Investigations Review, Legal Tech News and multiple DLA Piper bulletins, among other publications. He also participates in panel discussions and lectures on these topics, including presentations in Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Kuwait, and an invited lecture on the Alien Tort Statute at the Practising Law Institute.
Representative matters are described further below (prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome).
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Practice Areas
3
Practice Areas
International Law
50%
22 years | 15 cases
Appeals
25%
17 years | 10 cases
Litigation
25%
22 years | 15 cases
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Licensed in New York for 21 years
State: New York
Acquired: 2005
No misconduct found
Location
DLA Piper LLP (US)
1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10020
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Experience
Honors
2020
Top Rated International Attorney, SuperLawyers
2019
Top Rated International Attorney, SuperLawyers
2018
Rising Star in International Litigation, Super Lawyers Magazine
2018
Legal Lion, Law 360
2017
Rising Star in International Litigation, Super Lawyers Magazine
2016
Rising Star in International Litigation, Super Lawyers Magazine
2015
Rising Star in International Litigation, Super Lawyers Magazine
2014
Rising Star in International Litigation, Super Lawyers Magazine
Work Experience
2013 - Present
Partner, Dla Piper, LLP (Us)
2012 - 2012
Associate, Dla Piper, LLP (Us)
2005 - 2012
Associate, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
2003 - 2005
Summer Associate & Associate, Winston & Strawn, LLP
2001 - 2003
Law Clerk, Arnold & Porter, LLP
Associations
2004 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
2000 - Present
Phi Beta KappaMember
Sample of Legal Cases
Averbach v. Cairo Amman Bank, No. 19-cv-0004-GHW, 2020 WL 1130733 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 9, 2020)
Dismissal of all claims against defendant; held: plaintiffs failed to plausibly plead elements of Anti-Terrorism Act tort. Client victory.
Averbach v. Cairo Amman Bank, No. 19-cv-0004-GHW-KHP, 2020 WL 486869 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 21, 2020)
Magistrate recommeded dismissal of all claims against defendant; held: plaintiffs failed to plausibly plead elements of Anti-Terrorism Act tort. Client victory.
Kaplan v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL, 405 F. Supp. 3d 525 (S.D.N.Y. 2019)
Dismissal of all claims against defendant; held: plaintiffs failed to plausibly plead elements of Anti-Terrorism Act tort. Client victory.
Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, 138 S. Ct. 1386 (2018)
Dismissal of plaintiffs' claims affirmed; held: foreign corporations cannot be sued under the Alien Tort Statute. Client victory.
Linde v. Arab Bank, PLC, 882 F.3d 314 (2d Cir. 2018)
Trial court judgment vacated and remanded; held: trial court committed prejudicial error in instructing the jury with regard to the elements of a civil Anti-Terrorism Act claim. Client victory.
Mohamed Fawzi v. Al Jazeera Media Network, 273 F. Supp. 3d 182 (D.D.C. 2017)
Dismissing plaintiffs' claims; held: Qatar-based media company not subject to the general or specific jurisdiction of the court. Client victory.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP v. Yorkville Advisors Global, LP, Index No. 655214/2016, slip op. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. May 2, 2017)
Order quashing subpoena seeking non-party documents. Client victory.
Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, Sal, 659 Fed. Appx. 13 (2d Cir. 2016)
Dismissal of plaintiffs' claims affirmed; held: the district court correctly applied the doctrine of collateral estoppel in dismissing plaintiffs' Anti-Terrorism Act claims. Client victory.
Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, Sal, 834 F.3d 201 (2d Cir. 2016), cert. denied, 138 S. Ct. 1691 (2018)
Dismissal of plaintiffs' claims affirmed; held: district court did not err in concluding that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiffs' Alien Tort Statute claims. Client victory.
In Re: Arab Bank, 13-3605, NYLJ 1202757240430, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 9, 2016)
En banc review denied. Client victory.
In re Arab Bank, PLC Alien Tort Statute Litig., 808 F.3d 144 (2d Cir. 2015)
Dismissal of plaintiffs' claims affirmed; held: corporations are not proper defendants in suits brought pursuant to the Alien Tort Statute. Client victory.
Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, No. 1:06-cv-03869-BMC-VVP (E.D.N.Y.)
Dismissing plaintiffs' claims; held: corporations are not proper defendants under the Alien Tort Statute. Client victory.
Gill v. Arab Bank, PLC, 893 F. Supp. 2d 542 (E.D.N.Y. 2012)
Summary judgment granted; held: plaintiff failed to proffer sufficient evidence to support an inference that defendant is liable for his injuries. Client victory.
Tamam v. Fransabank S.A.L., 677 F. Supp. 2d 720 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)
Dismissing plaintiffs' claims; held: Lebanon-based banks not subject to the general or specific jurisdiction of the court. Client victory.
Education
2004
Georgetown University Law Center
JD - Juris Doctor
2000
Hofstra University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2016
Rise of U.S. Regulation and Litigation
Panel Discusion (Kuwait City, Kuwait)
2015
Expanding Reach of U.S. Regulation and Litigation
Panel Discussion (Dubai, U.A.E.)
2012
Recent Developments in International Litigation
International Litigation
Publications
2017
Global Investigations Review
US casts a broader counter-terror net, and a prominent university is ensnared
2017
2016
2016
2016
2016
2016
Legal Tech Newsletter
New Suits Against Social Media Giants Seek to Expand Reach of US Anti-Terrorism Laws
2015
New York Law Journal
Correcting the Record on Arab Bank Case
2015
2015
2013
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Letter from America: Congress expands Anti-Terrorism Act liability exposure
Languages
English