- Legal500 Latin America 2024
Biography
He is an international attorney licensed to practice in Florida, New York, Colombia and before various U.S. federal courts and Government agencies, with certifications in Anti-Money Laundering and Global Economic Sanctions, and graduate studies, in the U.S. and Spain, on white-collar criminal litigation, risk management, compliance, fraud, and anti-money laundering.
He regularly represents individuals and corporations in international investigations and litigation, asset recovery, and cases involving white collar crimes, domestic and foreign corruption, anti-money laundering laws, Sanctions, and financial fraud, including investigations and enforcement actions by the Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the Department of Homeland Security. He also advises clients in business transactions, corporate governance, and entity formation, particularly, in securing the client’s compliance with international, U.S. and Colombian legal standards, regulations, and best practices.
Apart from being a skilled transnational and bicultural litigator, Mr. Coronado is a noteworthy scholar in the areas of criminal law and procedure. He regularly serves as an adjunct professor at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Law School in related courses, and writes articles and comments in the same fields for various law journals and widely publicized newsletters such as The Interamerican Dialogue and Latin Counsel.
Languages: Spanish and EnglishAccolades
Areas of Practice
Education
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, LL.M.
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, LL.B., with honors.
Certifications & Specializations
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
- Certified Global Sanctions Specialist by ACAMS
- Specialization in constitutional law and litigation, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, with honors.
- Masters in Risk Management, Fraud & AML Compliance by EALDE, Madrid, Spain.
Admissions
- Florida
- Colombia
- New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Southern District of Florida
- Southern District of New York
- Eastern District of New York
- District of Nebraska
Accolades
- The Legal 500: Dispute Resolution - International litigation, U.S. (2024)
- The Legal 500: Compliance and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice To Individuals, U.S. (2024)
- The Legal 500: Compliance & White-Collar Crime; and Corporate and M&A, Colombia (2025)
- The Legal 500: Compliance & Investigations; and City Leaders: Miami, International Firms, Latin America guide (2025). Next Generation Partner 2024-2025.
- GIR 40 Under 40: The World's Leading Young Investigations Specialists: Featured Individual
- Leaders League: Compliance; and White-Collar Crime, Colombia (2019-2024)
- Leaders League USA 2024: Investigations & White-Collar Crime
- COLFUTURO scholarship
Professional Leadership
- International Bar Association, member.
- New York City Bar Association, member.
- Colombian American Bar Association, member.
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.M. Class President
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Centre for Studies in Criminology and Victimology, member and former director
Recent Favorable Results / Representative Matters
- Successful representation of a client in the unblocking of $4,359,746.92 that was wrongfully blocked by a Puerto Rican bank under OFAC sanctions related to Venezuela.
- Successfully represented a DRT client in obtaining OFAC's authorization to deliver over 90 million dollars' worth of oil-related products, following the U.S. government's reimposition of Sanctions related to the oil industry in Venezuela.
- SDN de-listing and OFAC Sanctions removal of Presidential candidate and businessman accused by OFAC of money laundering and narcotics trafficking.
- Representation of Honduran politician and businessman sanctioned by OFAC for allegations of corruption and money laundering, and his removal and the removal of his companies from the SDNT List.
- Representation of a Venezuelan company that provides engineering and maintenance services to PDVSA, by obtaining written guidance from OFAC confirming PDVSA’s authority to pay over one million dollars to DRT’s client.
- Representation of a major Chinese import-export enterprise by obtaining written clarification from OFAC, with a commitment that OFAC will work with banks to ensure that future transactions by the client will be processed through the U.S. banking system without blocking.
- Represented a company that provides logistics services to international clients in the oil industry, obtaining OFAC’s authorization to release certain funds held by a major U.S. bank.
- Represented a company that provides logistics services to international clients in the oil industry, in obtaining OFAC’s authorization for Wells Fargo to release certain funds that Wells Fargo had blocked allegedly under OFAC’s Ukraine/Russia and Venezuela Sanctions Programs.