Esthefania Rodriguez

Esthefania works closely with colleagues in the Global Privacy & Data Security Practice, as well as the Financial Services, Corporate, and Complex Commercial Litigation practices.

Esthefania’s international trade practice involves counseling clients on compliance with U.S. economic sanctions, Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering (AML) laws and regulations, export controls, and anti-corruption/anti-bribery laws and regulations. She works with financial institutions and multi-national corporations to develop compliance programs, conduct AML and Office of Foreign Assets Control risk assessments, conduct internal investigations, respond to government investigations, and perform international trade compliance due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. Esthefania is a frequent contributor to the Winston & Strawn Global Trade & Foreign Policy Insights blog and a frequent participant in Winston trade webinars.

Esthefania recently completed a secondment within the in-house legal department of an insurance industry client during which she advised on U.S. and U.K. sanctions issues.

Esthefania is a member of the firm’s hiring committee and maintains a robust pro bono practice where she represents asylum seekers in a wide range of immigration-related proceedings.