Yani R. Contreras is an attorney licensed in Mexico, and also licensed as a Special Legal Consultant in the DC Court of Appeals, who has joined the firm as a Foreign Legal Counsel in Washington, D.C. Her practice is primarily focused in the areas of financial services, international trade and securities law matters. She has extensive experience with respect to life insurance and variable products, including offshore transactions, foreign regulatory compliance, and the use of life insurance in financing transactions. She is also monitoring proposed legislation and developments in connection with U.S. Department of Treasury's Financial Regulatory Reform Proposal, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, the Optional Federal Charter for insurers and Office of National Insurance, and the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
Ms. Contreras also has experience with transactional work in Latin America in cross-border and financing transactions, particularly Mexico. She has assisted in establishing FCPA compliance programs for U.S. and foreign companies and has advised clients on offshore anti-money laundering requirements.
Before joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Contreras was foreign attorney in another U.S. law firm and before that, she was an associate in a well recognized law firm in Mexico city.