Fernanda Restrepo Díaz

Fernanda has 10 years of relevant experience assisting law firms, private equity funds and corporations on a wide range of investigative matters both in EMEA and internationally. She has worked on complex multinational investigations in a variety of jurisdictions across Europe, Latin America and Africa, with a special focus in Spain and Portugal.

She also heads the specialized blockchain forensic task force for EMEA at Kroll, handling global cases of fraud involving digital assets and cryptocurrencies, source of wealth analysis and other complex investigations. Fernanda has worked with specialized law firms, financial institutions and VASPs to identify and prevent fraud risk in the digital asset and Web3 space.

Prior to joining Kroll, Fernanda served as the legal attaché of the Panamanian Embassy in Italy, closely following and supporting prosecutors and law enforcement of both Panama and Italy in active corruption investigations and judicial proceedings between both the countries. She practiced corporate and banking law in Panama, overseeing the structure of international networks of companies, financial contracts as well as intellectual property law.

Fernanda has led several corporate intelligence, fraud and internal investigations, helping clients understand the context of situations, as well as possible market movements; she has also helped identify unfair competition, possible unlawful behavior and leaks of information and address other industry-specific queries. She has also worked on numerous due diligence investigations, providing clients with an understanding of subjects track record, potential as partners, and other matter of interest in relation to transactions and executive hires. She has handled different asset searches in Spain and Portugal, as well as coordinated global asset tracing investigations in which Kroll helped identify possible assets for debt collection or verification of sources of wealth.

Fernanda holds a BA in law from Universidad Santa María La Antigua. She also holds a master’s in international business law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a master’s in international affairs, with specialization in economics, from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas. She is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

Links to articles and interviews:

• Interview with the Spanish financial newspaper El Economista regarding corporate governance – LinkedIn or El Economist a
• Interview with the World Compliance Association on Fraud Prevention – World Compliance Association
• Interview with ICC Spain on Fraud and Financial crime prevention – ICC Spain
• Interview on Intelligence Investigations for Global Strategy – Global Strategy
• Article on Fraud Prevention – LinkedIn
• Spain – Best Litigation Support and Forensics & Complex Investigation Firms – 2026 – Leaders League