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Jimena Sastre

Legal Director and Chief Compliance Officer

€300/day
Madrid, ES
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Jimena

My career as a lawyer started with a clear idea: law not only serves to resolve conflicts when they have already erupted, but to anticipate them and, when they occur, to minimize their impact.
I began my career in criminal law firms, participating in complex proceedings where I learned to build a defense based on evidence, detailed analysis, and procedural strategy. That experience allowed me to understand that, in most legal conflicts, the underlying problem is not solely legal, but risk management.

With that vision, I made the leap to the corporate world, where I took on roles such as Chief Compliance Officer in regulated entities. I developed a more structural approach to law: as a continuous system of control, decision-making, and prevention.

In that environment, I consolidated my specialization in compliance, anti-money laundering, and financial regulation, designing and implementing internal control models, corporate policies, and risk management systems that are real and operational.

Today, I run my own firm, where I currently practice as a managing partner in economic criminal law and compliance. This allows me to cover the entire legal cycle: from prevention and risk structuring to defense in complex judicial proceedings.

I have complemented my professional practice with teaching in compliance and legal cybersecurity programs, which requires me to constantly update myself in a particularly technical and changing regulatory environment.
I work with companies and professionals who need more than just occasional legal advice: they seek a clear strategy, risk insight, and legally sound decision-making.

I specialize in complex conflicts with economic or reputational impact, regulated or financial environments, and in the creation and review of compliance and prevention systems.

My approach is always the same: clarity, strategy, and risk control.
  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Madrid (up to 50km), Málaga (up to 50km), Marbella (up to 50km)

Experience

  • S&C International Lawyers
    Managing Partner and Head of
    LEGAL
    January 2020 - Today (6 years and 5 months)
    Madrid, Spain
    Strategic direction of the firm. Coordination of complex cases in economic criminal law, compliance, money laundering, immigration, and commercial law. Legal representation before courts and tribunals. Supervision of regulatory compliance programs.
    Criminal Law Lawyer Compliance Legal Defense Money Laundering Prevention
  • PAYNOPAIN FINANCIAL SERVICES SL.
    Legal Director and Chief Compliance Officer
    January 2024 - June 2024 (5 months)
    Madrid, Spain
    Identify all national and international regulations affecting the organization, as well as ethical codes and anti-crime manuals. Design, improve, and implement effective and competitive business policies. Draft and review contracts with clients and other financial entities. Integrate the organization's processes and procedures with the corresponding regulations. Responsible for training and communication regarding applicable regulatory compliance within the company. Ensure compliance with legal requirements and guidelines. Design, improve, and implement effective and competitive business policies. Create and update strategies for compliance with legal norms and internal policy. Evaluate control effectiveness and identify risks for both the entity and clients.
  • EASY PAYMENT AND FINANCE EP.
    Chief Compliance Officer
    April 2022 - December 2023 (1 year and 8 months)
    Madrid, Spain
    Identify all national and international regulations affecting the organization, as well as sectoral or internal ethical codes. Integrate the organization's processes and procedures with the corresponding regulations. Responsible for training and communication regarding applicable regulatory compliance within the company. Ensure compliance with legal requirements and guidelines. Design, improve, and implement effective and competitive business policies. Create and update strategies for compliance with legal norms and internal policy. Evaluate control effectiveness and identify risks. Design, improve, and implement efficient and competitive business policies. Be responsible for implementing necessary controls for identifying legal compliance risks and incidents.

    Examples include:

    Complaints and Claims System: considering client-related risks. Periodic reports on complaints and meetings with process managers. Compliance indicators: to monitor the preventive system and the measures implemented for it. Compliance advisory functions.

    Regarding data protection law: inform and advise the data controller and employees of the entity about their obligations concerning the implementation of the LOPD (Organic Law on Data Protection). Verify GDPR compliance, including staff training, advise on impact assessments, and supervise the application of internal policies. Review the organization's internal privacy policies and verify security measures. Handle inquiries from data subjects to the entity, and cooperate with the supervisory authority.

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Education

  • Member of
    Madrid Ilustre Colegio de Abogados
    2026
    Miembro del
  • Certification in Compliance Officer
    CESCOM (ASCOM)
    2020
    Certificación en Compliance Officer

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