Daniel Pulecio-Boek, ADR Attorney in Washington, District of Columbia

Daniel Pulecio-Boek is the Chair of the Washington, D.C., office Cross-Border Disputes Group. He focuses his practice on cross-border litigation, investigations and arbitration, including white collar representations, internal investigations, complex commercial disputes, international law matters and international arbitrations. His representations have included matters involving more than two dozen jurisdictions, spanning Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

Recognized as one of the leading cross-border litigation attorneys in the United States, Daniel is the only lawyer in the Cross-Border Litigation category in the 2024-2025 Lawdragon “500 Leading Litigators in America.” He has also been recognized for his victories in landmark cross-border cases by the American Lawyer and Law360.

Daniel received his legal training in the United States, Europe, and Latin America, and is licensed to practice law in multiple U.S. jurisdictions and in Colombia. He is a native Spanish speaker, fluent in English, and proficient in Portuguese. Daniel’s international, multi-cultural, and multi-lingual training and experience allow him to navigate varying legal systems and positions him to serve foreign and domestic clients in cross-border matters involving multiple jurisdictions.

Daniel has represented Fortune 500 companies, large multinational companies and investment funds, foreign governments, high-net-worth individuals and families, government officials, and senior executives.

In white collar matters, he focuses on representing clients before the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) in connection with cross-border criminal investigations, often involving parallel government investigations in multiple jurisdictions. He has represented clients in cases related to bribery (involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-bribery regimes), money laundering, fraud, tax and securities violations, insider trading, OFAC sanctions, and international extraditions. He frequently advises corporate clients in internal investigations and audits involving bribery, fraud and other corporate misconduct, and in developing and implementing compliance programs.

In addition, Daniel represents governments, companies and individuals before international organizations such as the United Nations, including the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Organization of American States, including the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

In international litigation matters, he focuses on commercial disputes, trademark litigations, bankruptcies and international fraud cases, usually involving foreign parties and evidence located in multiple jurisdictions. He has experience litigating in over a dozen U.S. federal and state courts, including in New York, Florida, Texas, the District of Columbia, California, Louisiana, Nevada, Massachusetts, Colorado, Illinois, Arizona and New Jersey. Daniel’s international litigation practice includes representing clients in proceedings to enforce (or defend against enforcement of) foreign judgments and arbitration awards.

Daniel also represents clients in U.S. proceedings to obtain discovery for use in foreign litigations and in international asset tracing investigations and related litigations, assisting companies, governments and individuals to identify, seize and enforce against assets located in the United States and abroad.

In the international arbitration space, Daniel focuses on representing sovereigns, companies and individuals in investment treaty arbitrations as well as in commercial arbitrations, including under ICDR, ICC and UNCITRAL rules.

Daniel is also a professor on cross-border litigations at Georgetown University, where he teaches Cross-Border Litigation. Daniel was previously a Criminal Procedure professor in Colombia, and has served as a lecturer and speaker at several international symposiums. He is also a published author with three books on litigation and white collar crime and several articles in domestic and international law journals.

Chambers Latin America named Daniel the only “Up and Coming” lawyer for Corporate Crime & Investigations in Latin America in its editions from 2016-2022. In the 2018 edition, a client stated, “Over the duration of our relationship he has always been someone who gets things done. His coordination and understanding of the case were superb.”

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, Lawdragon, “500 Leading Litigators in America,” 2023-2026
•Only lawyer ranked in the Cross-Border Litigation category, 2023
•Listed, Chambers Latin America Guide, Corporate Crime & Investigations, 2023 and 2025
•Up and Coming, 2017-2022
•Listed, Chambers Global, Latin America - International Counsel: Corporate Crimes & Investigations, 2022-2026
•“Up and Coming,” 2022-2024
•Listed, The Legal 500 Latin America, 2021-2026
•Latin America: International - Compliance and Investigations, 2021-2026
•Next Generation Partner, 2023-2026
•Latin America: International - International Arbitration, 2025-2026
•Listed, Benchmark Litigation, “40 & Under - U.S. Edition,” 2021-2025
•Team Member, National Law Journal, “Washington, D.C. Litigation Department of the Year - White Collar Defense & Special Investigations,” 2022
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States
•Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates, 2021
•Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals, 2021
•Listed, Latinvex, “Latin America’s Rising Stars,” 2017-2019