Rafael Díaz

Practice Areas

Corporate Compliance

White-Collar Crime

Career

Rafael specializes in criminal law and criminal procedure matters. He has focused his legal practice on the defense of highly complex cases, representing companies and their executives in criminal litigation related to corporate activity and providing consulting services on criminal liability and contingencies. He has participated in legal counseling and defense, acting for companies from different economic sectors, especially for chief mining companies in Peru, handling cases related to environmental criminal contingencies and labor-related offenses, which has brought him to practice law in procedural matters in most judicial districts of Peru.

Partner at Miranda & Amado since 2022, Rafael joined the firm as a counsel in 2021. Previously, he was a founding partner of Facto Litigios & Compliance (2019), a senior associate in the Criminal Law practice area at Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano (2011 to 2019), an associate at Estudio Olaechea (2007 to 2010) and a trial lawyer at Scotiabank (2002 to 2007).

He earned his LL.B. from the Universidad de San Martín de Porres and holds an LL.M. in International Economic Criminal Law from the Universidad de Granada. His academic background also includes the Specialization Program in Compliance and Good Corporate Practices at the Universidad del Pacífico, where he graduated top of his class, and a specialization program in Anti-Bribery Management Systems based on NTP-ISO 37001 and Law No. 30424 at the Lima Chamber of Commerce.

He is a native Spanish speaker and is fluent in English.