Represented by a team of lawyers from firms including Blank Rome and Beveridge & Diamond, the company, Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc., in 2007 recovered a vast sunken treasure–gold and silver worth more than $600 million—from a shipwreck near Portugal.
The government of Spain, represented by Covington & Burling and Bush Ross, successfully sued Odyssey in Tampa federal court, claiming that the treasure came from a Spanish naval vessel lost in combat in 1804 and rightfully belonged to Spain.