Santiago Medina Zavala

Practice Areas

Santiago’s practice focuses on domestic and cross-border transactions, including financing, corporate governance, mergers, acquisitions, and financial restructurings.

He has expertise in the structuring and financing of infrastructure and energy projects, government procurement, public-private partnerships, corporate matters related to such projects, including joint ventures, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, as well as reorganizations and workouts in infrastructure, energy and aviation sectors.

He has advised financial institutions, governmental entities, national and multinational companies and private equity funds in project structuring, bidding, acquisition, financing, restructurings, negotiation and disputes under material agreements, including PPAs, offtake, EPC and O&M contracts, covering natural resources, transportation, toll roads, renewable and conventional energy, social and cultural infrastructure.

Career

Worked as a Visiting Attorney at the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (2013-2014). He graduated from Universidad Iberoamericana, attorney at law (2009) and received his LLM from Harvard Law School (2013).

Professional Memberships

Mexican Bar Association.

ICC, Energy Commission.

American Bar Association, Business Law Section.

Publications

Recognized as a Rising Star and Next Generation Partner in Projects and Infrastructure and Energy and Natural Resources by The Legal 500 and associate-to-watch and Up and Coming in Aviation and Energy & Natural Resources by Chambers and Partners.

Co-author of the GLI Energy report, Mexico chapter 11 edition, 2023; Projects and Construction Review, Mexico Chapter, 10th Edition of The Law Reviews 2020 and author of the registration and finance of aircrafts in Mexico article published by The Official Guide to Aircraft Registration and Tax 2016 published by Corporate Jet Investor.