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Javier F. Sosa is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the International Arbitration practice and Bankruptcy Litigation group. He has experience with various stages of litigation, including drafting pleadings, coordinating discovery, briefing dispositive and discovery motions, and preparing witnesses for depositions and trial. Javier has represented clients in state and federal courts, as well as in both domestic and international arbitration proceedings.

Javier has been part of the team representing the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico in the successful restructuring of Puerto Rico’s unsustainable debt. He has been instrumental in managing the claims reconciliation process for hundreds of thousands of claims totaling trillions of dollars in asserted liabilities. Additionally, Javier has represented the Oversight Board in adversary proceedings and Title III confirmation hearings involving various entities, including the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Employees Retirement System, the Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority, and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.

Javier serves as the co-chair of the Firm’s Hispanic/Latinx Lawyer Affinity Group and maintains an active pro bono practice focused on immigration.

Javier earned his J.D. from the George Washington University Law School, where he served on The George Washington International Law Review and the GW Law Moot Court Board. While in law school, he interned at the Department of Justice, Civil Division, Torts Branch, Environmental Tort Litigation Section.

Before attending law school, Javier worked for the United States House of Representatives Committee on Rules and the Institute for Justice, where he focused on public interest issues, including defending against eminent domain actions and civil forfeiture seizures. He is also a graduate of Yale College, where he was a member of the Yale Varsity Football Team.