International legal boutique
Cross-border transactions and compliance counsel for global companies and their boards.
Our team combines training in U.S. common law and civil law. Since 2008, we have advised boards, senior management and investors on M&A, OFAC and sanctions, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering across the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Chambers USA
Spotlight Guide — Corporate Compliance, 2025–2026
Chambers & Partners
Global and Latin America — Mining, Corporate/M&A, 2022–2024
Best Lawyers™
Mining Law, Peru, 2015–2023 · Lawyer of the Year 2018
Lexology Index
Formerly Who’s Who Legal — Highly Recommended, Mining, 2013–2027
Practice Areas
Six practices, one integrated view of cross-border risk.
01
Corporate International
Cross-border M&A, joint ventures, financings and restructurings across the Americas, Europe and beyond.
02
OFAC, Sanctions & AML
U.S. sanctions programs, OFAC licensing and enforcement, export controls, AML and KYC obligations.
03
Corporate Compliance & Anti-Corruption
Program design and review under the FCPA, UK Bribery Act and CFPOA; DOJ remediation; ISO 37001.
04
Mining
The full project lifecycle: exploration, permitting, financing, streaming and royalties, social license.
05
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Legal, regulatory and compliance counsel for healthcare companies operating in the United States and growing abroad.
06
Sport Rights, Media & Entertainment
Sport rights, media distribution and entertainment transactions, from content to commercialization.
Board & Governance
An operating executive’s view of risk, in the boardroom.
Sandra Orihuela brings public-company board experience, senior compliance leadership inside European, Japanese and Canadian multinationals, and experience with DOJ resolutions to the audit, risk and sustainability committees of companies operating across many jurisdictions.
Board service
Former Director, Cuentas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CUEN), 2022
Governance training
Harvard Business School, Board Governance
Enforcement experience
Remediation under DOJ deferred and non-prosecution agreements
Committee fit
Audit · Risk & Compliance · Sustainability/ESG · Governance
Why Orihuela
Dedicated attention on every matter.
Inside experience
Our attorneys have served as senior in-house counsel and compliance executives inside global multinationals.
Dual qualification
Common-law and civil-law training, fully bilingual in English and Spanish.
Boutique responsiveness
Partners lead every engagement, with prompt support when compliance issues or transactions cannot wait.
Independently ranked
Recognized by Chambers & Partners, Best Lawyers™ and the Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal).