
Leyza B. Florin
Shareholder
Practice Areas

Leyza B. Florin, a shareholder at LL Law Firm, focuses her practice on a wide range of litigation and insolvency matters, including debt restructuring and representation of creditors, with special emphasis on complex business bankruptcy and commercial litigation matters.
Prior to joining LL Law Firm, Leyza was a shareholder at an Am Law 200 firm. Additionally, she was appointed receiver, custodian, trustee and special master in cases in both federal and state courts throughout the state of Florida and has served as a neutral arbiter in an arbitration proceeding. Leyza is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Mediator.
Her case experience includes acting as lead U.S. counsel to various court-appointed fiduciaries named in multiple jurisdictions throughout the Caribbean for British American Insurance Co., Ltd., in Chapter 15 proceedings, district court proceedings, and pending state court proceedings throughout the state of Florida.
Leyza is the former Chair of The Florida Bar’s Business Law Section, and served as the Chair of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation. She is past chair of the Bankruptcy/UCC and Diversity Committees of The Florida Bar’s Business Law Section, and a past president of the Bankruptcy Bar of the Southern District of Florida. Leyza launched a bankruptcy clinical program at Florida International University College of Law, where she served as lead adjunct professor. She is a published author and sought-after leader who is regularly invited to present on topics related to her practice.
Leyza has been recognized by Florida Super Lawyers (2010-2025); Florida Trend, Legal Elite (2008-2016, 2018); South Florida Legal Guide, Top Lawyer (2009-2018), and has received multiple other recognitions of note.
Leyza is admitted to all Florida state courts, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida.
Honors & Achievements
Leyza has received myriad recognitions throughout her career, including:
- Chambers USA, Bankruptcy Litigation, Florida, Band 1, 2011–2025
- Chambers USA, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Florida: South, Band 2
- The Legal 500 Miami Elite, Finance and Restructuring, Tier 3
- The Legal 500 Miami Elite, International Corporate and M&A, Tier 3
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers, 2026
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyers, 2020
- The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy, 2026
- AV Preeminent™ Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards: North America, Finalist, 2022
- Florida Bar Business Law Section, Fellows Program Founder Award, 2023
- IWIRC Melnik Award for Exceptional Contributions by an IWIRC Member, 2019
- Hall of Fame, IWIRC Florida Network Excellence Award, 2018
- The Florida Bar Business Law Section, Outstanding Member of the Year, 2014
- South Florida Legal Guide, Top Lawyers, 2009–2020; Up and Comer, 2004–2008
- Florida Super Lawyers, 2010–2026; Rising Star, 2009
- Top 50 Women Florida Super Lawyers, 2013–2026
- Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers, 2013–2025
- Florida Trend, Legal Elite, 2008–2020; Up and Comer, 2007
- Cuban American Bar Association, Member of the Year, 2013
- South Florida Business Journal, Key Partner Award, 2012
- Business Leader magazine, Women Extraordinaire Award, 2011
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Outstanding Lawyers of Miami-Dade County, 40 Under 40, 2010
Publications
- Co-Author, “Euromepa and Gorsoan, oh my! The evolving standard to obtain §1782 assistance in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and beyond” – Global Restructuring Review Asset Recovery Column, October 2020
- Co-Author, “The UN’s Latest Assist to International Insolvency Practitioners,” Global Restructuring Review Asset Recovery Column, August, 2020
- Co-Author, “COVID-19 and Cross-Border Insolvencies” – Daily Business Review, April 17, 2020
- Co-Author, “The UN’s Latest Assist to International Insolvency Practitioners” – Global Restructuring Review Asset Recovery Column, April 2020
- Co-Author, “Emerging Minority View on Delivery of Subpoenas Under FRCP 45” – Global Restructuring Review Asset Recovery Column, March 2020
- Co-Author, “The Mechanics of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Enterprise Group Insolvency” – Global Restructuring Review Asset Recovery Column, November 2019
- Co-Author, “Globalization Catches up to U.S. Insolvency Courts” – Global Restructuring Review Asset Recovery Column, August 2019
- Co-Author, “Florida Leads the Way of Chapter 15 Jurisprudence” – Knect 365 Asset Recovery Magazine, July 2019
- Recognition of an Individual Debtor’s Insolvency Proceeding – Beware of the Perils, Global Restructuring Review Asset Recovery Column, March 6, 2019
- Co-Author, “Liquidating Liquor License in Bankruptcy.” Asset Sales Committee Newsletter November 2017
- “The Power of Women Working Together,” The Woman Advocate, American Bar Association, June 12, 2015
- “Challenging Aspects and Issues of Cross Border Chapter 15 Filings,”Chapter 15 Bankruptcy Strategies, Thomson Reuters/Aspatore, 2012
- “Women Take the Lead and Lean In,” guest commentary, Daily Business Review, August 21, 2013
- Co-Author, International Insolvency Proceedings and Emerging Trends Under Chapter 15 Under the United States Bankruptcy Code,” The Florida Bar Business Law Journal, Case Law Update 2011
Presentations
- Speaker, FIRE Americas, ThoughtLeaders4, Washington, D.C., September 22, 2025
- Speaker, Asset Recovery Americas, Informa Connect, Renaissance São Paulo Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil, September 8-10, 2025
- Keynote Fireside Chat: The New World (co-chair/speaker with David Young), FIRE International: Vilamoura, ThoughtLeaders4, Anantara Hotel, Vilamoura, Portugal, May 15, 2024
- Whose Fraud Is It Anyway? Attribution and Related Topics (panel chair, with Rick Brown), FIRE International: Vilamoura, ThoughtLeaders4, Anantara Hotel, Vilamoura, Portugal, May 16, 2024
- Afternoon Chair (co-chair with Henrique Forssell), FIRE Americas: Cayman, ThoughtLeaders4, The Westin, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, March 12-14, 2023
- FIREing Up Your Careers: How to Make and Keep Overseas Contacts (panelist), FIRE Americas: Cayman, ThoughtLeaders4, The Westin, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, March 12-14, 2023
- Speaker, Asset Recovery Americas, Informa Connect, Renaissance São Paulo Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil, September 20-22, 2023
- Attack the Sham: Asset Recovery Toolkits (panelist), FIRE International: Vilamoura, ThoughtLeaders4, Vilamoura, Portugal, May 19, 2022
- Chair's Opening Remarks & Offshore Asset Recovery Steps Panel (co-chair with Paul Kennedy), FIRE Americas & Offshore Virtual — Session 1, ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE, Virtual, 2021
- Chair's Opening Remarks & Discovery Channels: How to Get Documents Through the U.S. Courts (co-chair with Paul Kennedy), FIRE Americas: Discovery Channels, ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE, Virtual, 2021
- Wake Up and Smell the Coffee: Insolvency Proceeding Precipitated by Coffee Fraud — Case Study (panelist), FIRE Americas & Offshore Virtual, ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE, Virtual, 2021
- US Bankruptcy – Chapter 15, Comparative Law Program, Brazil, November 17, 2020
- Segunda Oportunidad en los Concursos, Instituto Iberoamericano Conference, October 21, 2020
- When in Rome: A Comparative Look at Fiduciaries Around the Globe, IWIRC Insolvency 2020, October 14, 2020
- Navigating the Islands and Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, FIRE Americas and Offshore Event, September 22,2020
- Cross Border Disputes Panel, Virtual World Litigation Forum, Virtual, September 9, 2020
- Cross Border Insolvency; Mechanisms of Cooperation, IWIRC Brazil Second Annual Conference, Rio de Janeiro, March 12-13, 2020
- Tracing Assets Arising Out of Contentious Cross Border Insolvencies, C5, March 5-6, 2020
- Insolvency—Pandora’s Box, or A Key Litigation Advantage, Asset Recovery America, New York, September 18-20, 2019
- International Perspectives on Asset Recovery, IWIRC Brazil and Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de Minas Gerais, June 6, 2019
- Conferencia Sobre Soborne Internacional, Investigación Financiera, Insolvencia y Herramientas Para Recuperación de Activos, Superintendencia de Sociedades, Bogotá, Colombia, May 8, 2019
- When the Money is Gone, Asset Recovery Americas, Knect365 LatAm Conference, Brazil, June 4, 2019
- Chapter 15 and Cross-Border Insolvency, IBAJUD Conference, Brazil, April 29, 2019
- Recognizing Foreign Proceedings and Enforcing Against Assets, Asset Recovery International, Knect 365 Conference, Ireland, March 2, 2019
- What Lawyers and FA’s Must Know to Represent Secured Creditors Successfully, American Bankruptcy Institute, Annual Spring Meeting, April 22, 2017
- Cross-Border Insolvencies and Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, Hispanic National Bar Association Corporate Counsel Conference, March 31, 2017
- Jevic’s Potential Effects on Asset Sales & Plan Confirmation, American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Webinar, August 18, 2016
- Whatever Happened to Pre-Packs/Structured Dismissal? Staying Out of Bankruptcy Court: How to Negotiate a Workout Agreement; Pros and Cons of ABC’s and In & Out Quick, 40th Annual Alexander L. Paskay Memorial Bankruptcy Seminar, March 31-April 2, 2016
- State of Diversity in the Legal Profession, 5th Annual Bench & Bar Conference, Dade County Bar Association (DCBA), February 26, 2016
- The Intersection of Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings, Receiverships and U.S. Bankruptcy Proceedings, 2016 Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), February 4-6, 2016
- Vaccinations! Helping Clients Enhance Rights and Minimize Risk During the Bankruptcy Lull, 89th Annual Meeting, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges’ (NCBJ) Commercial Law League of America (CLLA), August 5, 2015
- Receiverships and Bankruptcy: Between Scylla and Charybdis, 20th Annual Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop, American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), July 2015
- Getting Paid: Alternative Fee Structures, 2015 DCBA Bench & Bar Conference, February 20, 2015
- Receivership Basics, Professional Fiduciary: Responsibilities and Duties, The Florida Bar Business Law section, May 2, 2014
- Chapter 15 Update, Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, American Bankruptcy Institute, February 2014
- Overcoming Gender Bias: Getting into the Courtroom and Succeeding There, Florida Association of Women Lawyers, October 2013
Representative Experience
- U.S. counsel to various court-appointed fiduciaries named in various jurisdictions throughout the Caribbean, United Kingdom and Brazil.
- Counsel to Arbitration Award Plaintiff seeking to confirm and enforce multi-million dollar international arbitration award.
- Counsel to institutional lenders in bankruptcy cases, assignment for the benefit of creditors and in pending foreclosure cases of commercial property and undeveloped land.
Reported Cases
- In re Viação Itapemirim, S.A. 608 B.R. 268 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2019)
- In re Viação Itapemirim, S.A. 607 B.R. 761 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2019)
- In re Quantum Foods, LLC, 558 B.R. 111 (Bankr. D. Del. 2016)
- In re: British American Insurance Co. Ltd., 425 B.R. 884 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2010)
- In re: British American Isle of Venice (BVI) Ltd., 441 B.R. 713 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2010)
- Bombart v. The Family Center at Sunrise, LLC, 520 B.R. 300 (S.D. Fla. 2014)
- In re: Jaffe, 235 B.R. 490 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1999)
11th Circuit Appeal News
Model Law draftsman responds to COMI proposals
Various Attorneys Recognized by SuperLawyers 2023
LL Law Firm Empowers Women to Lead
Leyza B. Florin Featured as IWIRC Florida Member Spotlight
LL Law Firm Recognized by Chambers & Partners
Thought Leaders 4 Fire: FIRE International Vilamoura, Portugal May 19, 2022
Service of Process Abroad: No International Agreement?
Leyza Florin Blanco Makes D&I North America Shortlist
A Worldwide View on Commercial Real Estate Post-COVID
Shareholder Leyza Florin Blanco has been selected by LatinVex among Latin America’s Top 100 Female Lawyers
Leyza B. Florin Inducted to the 32nd Class of The American College of Bankruptcy
LL Law Firm Is Honored to Support Associação João de Barro in Its Completion of a New School
LL Law Firm At IWIRC Brazil
LL Law Firm Recognized in the 2022 Edition of the Best Lawyers in America
LL Law Firm’s Latest Rankings and Recognitions
Omani businessman appeals US recognition of English bankruptcy
Asset recovery column: Euromepa and Gorsoan, oh my
Community roundup: IWIRC gets its first Hispanic chair amid new year hires and promotions
2021 IWIRC Board of Directors Announced
Business Law Section to Diversify its Education Program Panels
Business Law Section Updates Pro Bono Guide
The 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers
The UN’s latest attempt to assist international insolvency practitioners
Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act is now the Law in Florida
Business Law Section Strengthens its Diversity Fellowship Program
COVID-19 and Cross-Border Insolvencies
Asset recovery column: emerging minority view on delivery of subpoenas under FRCP 45
Turkish Brothers’ $388M Award Fight Sent Back To State Court
Miami’s Specialist in Brazilian Chapter 15 Cases
Asset recovery column: The mechanics of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Enterprise Group Insolvency
Tyneside jeweller failed to disclose US assets, joint trustees say
Miami Chapter 15 for jailed Taiwanese-British IT executive
Asset recovery column: Globalisation catches up with the US insolvency courts
Asset Recovery Magazine – Florida Leads the Way in Development of Chapter 15 Jurisprudence
IWIRC announces 2019 founders award winners
LL Law Firm Recognized by Chambers USA 2019
Asset recovery column: Recognition of an individual debtor’s insolvency proceeding – beware the perils
IWIRC announces new board of directors
The Bankruptcy Episode w/ Paul Orshan, Leyza Florin Blanco, Jacqueline Calderín, and Joe Stone
Gibraltarian payday loans business files Chapter 15 in Miami
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