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Jimena Machado
Associate
Jimena Machado focuses her practice on international trade, EU and UK sanctions, trade defence instruments, foreign direct investment (FDI) and international export control.
She also has experience in regulatory compliance, particularly in the areas of detection and prevention of bribery and corruption, money laundering and antiterrorism, and Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures for the protection of different types of companies.
Her work involves developing reasonable preventative measures and creating actionable procedures to meet stringent regulatory expectations, strengthening their compliance frameworks, mitigating risk and ensuring alignment with regulatory deadlines and requirements.
- Liaising with European authorities on export licence applications and sanctions and raising European regulatory issues.
- Preparing and submitting license applications to European authorities regarding sanctions compliance for an international medical-pharmaceutical company.
- Conducting training sessions on sanctions and export controls under EU and UK regulations for employees of a Spanish energy company.
- Developing a compliance manual for a Spanish transport company, addressing Spanish export control regulations for defense, military, and dual-use goods, as well as the European sanctions framework.
- Supporting a global energy company in enhancing its compliance system through the development of a risk identification matrix, supervisory controls, and recommendations to strengthen governance, AML/CFT and sanctions programmes.
Education
- Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles (IEB), LL.M., 2023
- ESERP Business School, Bachelor Degree, Law and Criminology, 2021
Admissions
- Madrid, 2025
Memberships & Affiliations
IFCA Internationally Certified Compliance Professional, 2022
Languages
- Spanish
- English