Juan Pablo Urrutia is a partner in our Regulatory & Tax practice group in the Cayman Islands. With over two decades of experience providing legal advice to financial services firms, he has acted for buy and sell side clients, including a bulge bracket financial institution, an algorithmic financial technology broker, and one of the world's oldest sovereign wealth funds. Juan Pablo has a vast knowledge of global financial regulations and policies. He provides counsel on a variety of Cayman Islands matters related to AML, beneficial ownership, compliance frameworks, data protection, economic substance, FATCA/CRS, financial crime, licensin ...
Juan Pablo Urrutia is a partner in our Regulatory & Tax practice group in the Cayman Islands. With over two decades of experience providing legal advice to financial services firms, he has acted for buy and sell side clients, including a bulge bracket financial institution, an algorithmic financial technology broker, and one of the world's oldest sovereign wealth funds.
Juan Pablo has a vast knowledge of global financial regulations and policies. He provides counsel on a variety of Cayman Islands matters related to AML, beneficial ownership, compliance frameworks, data protection, economic substance, FATCA/CRS, financial crime, licensing, notifications, policies and procedures, regulatory approvals, regulatory due diligence and reviews, regulatory perimeter, and sanctions. His expertise also extends to platform/market infrastructure laws governing virtual asset providers, brokers, and banks.
Before joining Harneys in 2023, Juan Pablo held a senior role in another offshore law firm’s Regulatory & Risk Advisory group. Prior to that, he held executive roles at Investment Technology Group (now Virtu Financial) and the Kuwait Investment Office. He has also held positions at Goldman Sachs International and Allen & Overy London, where he started his legal career.
