Javier Coronado

Practice Areas

White-Collar Criminal

International Litigation

Career

Javier Coronado Diaz 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 English

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

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Professional Memberships

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

Financial and International Business Association (FIBA), AML Compliance Committee, Co-Chair.

Publications

US Financial Crime Enforcement Under Trump 2.0: Compliance Implications for Businesses Operating in Latin America https://diazreus.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Chambers-Overview-2026.pdf

Sanctions against President Gustavo Petro: Compliance implications for organizations https://www.latincounsel.com/?Noticias=Sanciones_al_presidente_Gustavo_Petro_Implicaciones_de_cumplimiento_para_las_organizaciones_EN

United States: fresh legislation targets corporate crime and incentivises compliance https://diazreus.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GIR-united-states-fresh-legislation-targets-corporate-crime-and-incentivises-compliance.pdf

Estar en La Lista Clinton representa para el presidente Gustavo Petro la «muerte civil» https://diazreus.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/La-Republica.pdf

Personal

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

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Work Highlights

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.

Languages Spoken

English, Spanish

Education

Expert in these Jurisdictions

USA, Latin America