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.

Experience

As a member of the firm’s Aviation Practice Group, he has mainly represented banks and institutional lessors in the leasing and secured financing of private and commercial aircraft, including SLB, JOLCO transactions and PDP financings, as well as creditors in the restructuring of airlines, including the largest ad hoc group of bondholders in the Aeromexico Chapter 11.

Within the scope of its expertise, Santiago collaborates with the Sustainability and ESG Transition Working Group of the firm.