Victor H.Guerra
Consultant
Latin America Practice
vguerra@seyfarth.com
Victor translates complex regulatory frameworks into clear, actionable strategies—bringing the legal depth, real-world business experience, and genuine commitment clients rely on to get it right.
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Victor is a leading authority on global trade compliance and international regulatory strategy, including an international lawyer and arbitrator, with more than 20 years of experience guiding multinational organizations through the most complex legal and compliance challenges across Latin America and beyond.
Drawing on senior in-house, private practice, and academic experience, Victor advises clients on international business strategy, business integrity and investigations, anti-money laundering (AML), trade-based money laundering (TBML), sanctions, anti-bribery and anti-corruption (ABAC/FCPA), internal investigations, illicit trade prevention, international trade compliance, cross-border disputes, and regulatory risk management, navigating sophisticated transactions across multiple jurisdictions throughout LATAM, Europe, Africa, and the US.
Before joining Seyfarth, Victor served in senior international legal and compliance roles at a multinational Fortune 500 company, where he built and led enterprise-level trade compliance programs spanning multiple jurisdictions across Latin America. Drawing on in-house experience at the intersection of business strategy, regulatory risk, and cross-border transactions, he advises clients with a clear, practical understanding of what organizations need when stakes are high and the regulatory environment is complex.
Victor has led high-stakes public-private partnerships and worked directly with law enforcement agencies such as the US Department of Homeland Security, and multiple commerce and security agencies across LATAM.
Drawing on senior in-house, private practice, and academic experience, Victor advises clients on international business strategy, business integrity and investigations, anti-money laundering (AML), trade-based money laundering (TBML), sanctions, anti-bribery and anti-corruption (ABAC/FCPA), internal investigations, illicit trade prevention, international trade compliance, cross-border disputes, and regulatory risk management, navigating sophisticated transactions across multiple jurisdictions throughout LATAM, Europe, Africa, and the US.
Before joining Seyfarth, Victor served in senior international legal and compliance roles at a multinational Fortune 500 company, where he built and led enterprise-level trade compliance programs spanning multiple jurisdictions across Latin America. Drawing on in-house experience at the intersection of business strategy, regulatory risk, and cross-border transactions, he advises clients with a clear, practical understanding of what organizations need when stakes are high and the regulatory environment is complex.
Victor has led high-stakes public-private partnerships and worked directly with law enforcement agencies such as the US Department of Homeland Security, and multiple commerce and security agencies across LATAM.
- SJD, LLM, Central University of Venezuela
- LLM, Harvard Law School
- JD, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
- MSc, Central University of Venezuela
Private International Law & Comparative Law, International Law & Legal Studies - BA, Central University of Venezuela
International Foreign Affairs
Certificates:
- CAMS Certification ACAMS
- AML Certification UN UPEACE
- BASC Certification
- TBML Certification World Bank Group-IFC
- Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
- Republic of Colombia
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- Named in the Legal 500 GC Powerlist (Legalese Ltd.)
- UN UPEACE University - Illicit Trade and Transnational Crime Chair – founder
- Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) – author of Model Law on Illicit Trade/li>
- Council of the ICC Institute for World Business Law – board member and global chair of the Compliance Task Force
- School of Government at the University of Hemisferios (Ecuador) – board member
- UN University for Peace (Costa Rica) – adjunct professor
- Florida International University College of Law - adjunct professor
- Speaker, FIBA & ACAMS AML Conferences
- Speaker, ICC Institute for World Business Law events
- Speaker, OSAC Americas Regional Security Summit
- Speaker, University for Peace (Costa Rica) events
- Speaker, International Chamber of Commerce events
- Adjunct Professor, FIU College of Law
- Presenter at compliance and financial crime conferences throughout the United States, Europe, and Latin America
- Former Board Member of the Roberto Goldschmidt Foundation for the Teaching of Commercial Law Former Board Member of the International Social Service—Venezuela Chapter for Child Protection and Community Works
Victor translates complex regulatory frameworks into clear, actionable strategies—bringing the legal depth, real-world business experience, and genuine commitment clients rely on to get it right.
More About Victor
Victor is a leading authority on global trade compliance and international regulatory strategy, including an international lawyer and arbitrator, with more than 20 years of experience guiding multinational organizations through the most complex legal and compliance challenges across Latin America and beyond.
Drawing on senior in-house, private practice, and academic experience, Victor advises clients on international business strategy, business integrity and investigations, anti-money laundering (AML), trade-based money laundering (TBML), sanctions, anti-bribery and anti-corruption (ABAC/FCPA), internal investigations, illicit trade prevention, international trade compliance, cross-border disputes, and regulatory risk management, navigating sophisticated transactions across multiple jurisdictions throughout LATAM, Europe, Africa, and the US.
Before joining Seyfarth, Victor served in senior international legal and compliance roles at a multinational Fortune 500 company, where he built and led enterprise-level trade compliance programs spanning multiple jurisdictions across Latin America. Drawing on in-house experience at the intersection of business strategy, regulatory risk, and cross-border transactions, he advises clients with a clear, practical understanding of what organizations need when stakes are high and the regulatory environment is complex.
Victor has led high-stakes public-private partnerships and worked directly with law enforcement agencies such as the US Department of Homeland Security, and multiple commerce and security agencies across LATAM.
Drawing on senior in-house, private practice, and academic experience, Victor advises clients on international business strategy, business integrity and investigations, anti-money laundering (AML), trade-based money laundering (TBML), sanctions, anti-bribery and anti-corruption (ABAC/FCPA), internal investigations, illicit trade prevention, international trade compliance, cross-border disputes, and regulatory risk management, navigating sophisticated transactions across multiple jurisdictions throughout LATAM, Europe, Africa, and the US.
Before joining Seyfarth, Victor served in senior international legal and compliance roles at a multinational Fortune 500 company, where he built and led enterprise-level trade compliance programs spanning multiple jurisdictions across Latin America. Drawing on in-house experience at the intersection of business strategy, regulatory risk, and cross-border transactions, he advises clients with a clear, practical understanding of what organizations need when stakes are high and the regulatory environment is complex.
Victor has led high-stakes public-private partnerships and worked directly with law enforcement agencies such as the US Department of Homeland Security, and multiple commerce and security agencies across LATAM.
- SJD, LLM, Central University of Venezuela
- LLM, Harvard Law School
- JD, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
- MSc, Central University of Venezuela
Private International Law & Comparative Law, International Law & Legal Studies - BA, Central University of Venezuela
International Foreign Affairs
Certificates:
- CAMS Certification ACAMS
- AML Certification UN UPEACE
- BASC Certification
- TBML Certification World Bank Group-IFC
- Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
- Republic of Colombia
Related Services
Related Key Industries
Related Regions
- Named in the Legal 500 GC Powerlist (Legalese Ltd.)
- UN UPEACE University - Illicit Trade and Transnational Crime Chair – founder
- Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) – author of Model Law on Illicit Trade/li>
- Council of the ICC Institute for World Business Law – board member and global chair of the Compliance Task Force
- School of Government at the University of Hemisferios (Ecuador) – board member
- UN University for Peace (Costa Rica) – adjunct professor
- Florida International University College of Law - adjunct professor
- Speaker, FIBA & ACAMS AML Conferences
- Speaker, ICC Institute for World Business Law events
- Speaker, OSAC Americas Regional Security Summit
- Speaker, University for Peace (Costa Rica) events
- Speaker, International Chamber of Commerce events
- Adjunct Professor, FIU College of Law
- Presenter at compliance and financial crime conferences throughout the United States, Europe, and Latin America
- Former Board Member of the Roberto Goldschmidt Foundation for the Teaching of Commercial Law Former Board Member of the International Social Service—Venezuela Chapter for Child Protection and Community Works