Awards and Recognitions

Chambers USA

Spotlight Guide — Corporate Compliance 2025 – 2026

Chambers & Partners Global

Foreign Expert / Notable Practitioner: Energy and Natural Resources: Mining, Peru | Corporate/M&A, Peru | Environment, Peru

2010 – 2022

Best Lawyers™

Mining Law, Peru 2015 – 2023

Lawyer of the Year – Mining, Peru 2018

Who’s Who Legal

Global Leader: Mining 2018 – 2022

Chambers & Partners Latin America

Notable Practitioner: Corporate/M&A | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining Foreign Expert (Peru) | Foreign Expert Based Abroad (USA: Corporate/M&A) 2010 – 2017

Memberships

Colorado Supreme Court

Colorado Bar Association

Lima Bar Association

Licensed in the US (Colorado) and in Peru. Not licensed in Florida.

Languages

English, Spanish and French

Contact

Expertise

Sandra Orihuela is the founder of Orihuela Attorneys, an international legal boutique specializing in corporate transactions, OFAC and sanctions compliance, anti-corruption and AML, and cross-border risk. Recognized as a leading international lawyer by Chambers & Partners, she brings three decades advising and leading global companies across the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.

Her practice is grounded in a rare combination of experience. As an international transactions lawyer, she has led complex cross-border M&A, structured and securities financings, joint ventures, and international arbitration across mining, telecom, private equity, and life sciences. As a senior in-house and compliance executive within European, Japanese, and Canadian multinationals, she has directed remediation under U.S. Department of Justice agreements, advised on FCPA, OFAC and international sanctions, AML, SOX and Dodd-Frank, and overseen ISO 37001 anti-bribery certification and corporate-monitor engagements — an operating executive’s perspective on how governance and risk decisions land inside a business.

Education

  • University of Colorado (Denver, CO) — Bachelor of Arts
  • University of Colorado (Boulder, CO) — Juris Doctor (J.D.)
  • Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Lima, Peru) — Civil Law Attorney
  • Harvard Business School — Executive Education: Board Governance 
  • UC Berkeley Haas — Executive Education: Fintech Frameworks 
  • Yale School of Management — Executive Education: Corporate Sustainability Management 
  • International Chamber of Commerce (Paris, France) — Arbitrator Training
  • International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) (Vienna, Austria) — Legal Incentives for Corporate Integrity Program
  • American University, Washington College of Law (Washington, D.C.) — U.S. and International Anti-Corruption Law Program

Thought Leadership

Ms. Orihuela trains boards, C-suite executives and is a frequent writer and speaker at international legal and compliance forums, contributing perspectives on cross-border compliance, OFAC and sanctions enforcement trends, anti-corruption developments, and international corporate transactions. Her commentary and publications appear in leading international platforms.