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Maria Elena Lapetina is a Member at Miller & Chevalier who advises multinational companies, boards of directors, audit committees, financial institutions, and individuals on US white-collar enforcement, internal and government investigations, and regulatory compliance matters. Her practice focuses on issues involving fraud, foreign bribery, money laundering, workplace misconduct, potential accounting and disclosure irregularities, and instances of potential insider trading. Maria regularly helps clients solve complex problems in multijurisdictional investigations, enforcement actions, and compliance and transactional issues throughout the world, particularly in Latin America. She has represented clients before the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the US Department of Justice, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and numerous other domestic and foreign regulatory agencies.
Co-author of the United States - Market Insights (Enforcement) chapter in the White-collar Crime Law Guide , published 3 July 2026 , alongside William P. Barry , Leah Moushey and Arooshe Giroti .