Lorenzo is an attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York with over twenty years of substantial regulatory compliance, risk management, and legal experience.
He began his career in the regulatory field as AML/BSA Compliance Officer of a money services business operating in 35 U.S. states and 42 countries.
After that role, he supervised compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to international money transfer activities as Chief Compliance Officer of a U.S. financial institution with subsidiaries in Portugal, Spain and the UK.
Between 2006 and 2016 he led the Compliance/Risk department of a Florida-based bank with the double title of CCO/CRO. He was responsible for leading and coordinating company-wide risk management efforts by directly managing the Enterprise Risk Management platform and supervising the Compliance Management System/
In addition to permanent internal control functions, his accountabilities included strategy development, regulators' relations, external auditors and counsels’ coordination, as well as direct oversight of the Financial Crime area.
In 2016, he moved to the consulting business where he has been advising law firms, traditional financial institutions as well as Virtual Assets Service Providers (VASPs) and fintech businesses on a broad spectrum of compliance and regulatory matters.
Lorenzo has been a speaker, organizer and moderator at numerous international conferences and lectured at university seminars. He developed compliance manuals, training materials, implemented compliance monitoring systems and interfaced state and federal regulators in numerous examinations.
He has a LL.M. from the University of Miami, a J.D. from the University of Urbino and speaks five languages. A resident of Miami, Florida, since 1999, he is very active in the local community as a director of the South Florida Chapter of ACAMS, a board member of the Government Blockchain Association and a member of the Advisory Board of the Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Institute of St. Thomas University.