Managing Associate
Miami
Catherine Yepes advises financial institutions on federal and state banking regulatory, compliance, licensing, and enforcement matters, with a focus on BSA/AML and economic sanctions.
Catherine Yepes is an attorney in Orrick’s Miami office and a member of the firm’s Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE), Financial & Fintech Advisory team. She advises domestic and multinational financial institutions, fintech companies, and other regulated entities on a broad range of banking regulatory, licensing, compliance, and enforcement matters.
Catherine advises on bank regulatory and transactional matters, including the formation and licensing of financial institutions, regulatory approvals for mergers and acquisitions, and ongoing compliance with federal and state banking laws. She also counsels clients on Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), anti-money laundering (AML), and economic sanctions compliance.
She regularly represents clients before the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Florida Office of Financial Regulation (OFR).
Fluent in Spanish, Catherine advises clients on cross-border regulatory matters and facilitates transactions involving Latin America and other international markets.
Before joining Orrick, Catherine practiced at Greenberg Traurig, LLP and Holland & Knight LLP, where she advised financial institutions on regulatory compliance and corporate transactions. She also served as a judicial staff attorney to the Honorable Alexander S. Bokor of Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal, where she analyzed appellate pleadings, conducted legal research, assisted with oral arguments, and drafted judicial opinions. Earlier in her career, Catherine interned for Justice Alan Lawson of the Supreme Court of Florida, where she reviewed appellate matters to assess whether jurisdiction existed to warrant review by the Court.