Almost exactly a year ago, we named Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Miguel Estrada and Robert Weigel Litigators of the Week for their win before a federal judge in Delaware on behalf of a Canadian gold mining company that had its assets seized by the government of Venezuela.

But of course no one hires Miguel Estrada just to try a case in district court. The big test was the appeal—and Estrada delivered, scoring a win before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that opens the door for his client Crystallex International Corp. to collect a $1.4 billion arbitration award—and could provide a road map for Venezuela’s other creditors. 

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