Career Biography

Karina Ojeda Valle is General Counsel at Capital Índigo, a Partner at i+ Partners, Co-Founder and Advisory Board Member of Mujeres Invirtiendo, and Co-Founder of Decididas Summit.

Karina is General Counsel at Capital Índigo, a growing private capital firm that supports and finances mid-sized companies in Mexico through structured debt. She is also a Co-Founder of i+ Partners, a private credit firm that will finance mid-sized companies in Mexico and the US through structured debt. Her experience in law firms, companies and, more recently, a fund management firm has given her a broad perspective on the business world, leading her to believe that Mexico is a land of great opportunities.

Karina recognises the opportunity she has to promote Mexico’s economic and social development by being part of an industry with the responsibility to invest in and enhance the growth of many businesses in the country. She is deeply committed to promoting the professional development of women in the venture capital and private equity (VC and PE) industry in Mexico and Latin America. This commitment led her to become one of the Co-Founders and an Advisory Board Member of Mujeres Invirtiendo.

Practice Areas

Finance, Banking and Corporate Law; Gender and Inclusion.

Professional Profile

Karina specialises in finance and corporate matters, secured lending, structured finance and financial regulatory matters. She has nine years of experience as General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors at a Mexican microfinance institution, where she raised more than MXN 2 billion in debt and executed Mexico’s first public securitisation of payroll loans.

For the past nine years, she has served as General Counsel and a member of the Investment Committee at Capital Índigo, a private credit fund manager. Karina has been actively involved in secured and unsecured domestic and cross-border loan transactions, as well as financial regulatory matters.

Relevant Matters

Education

Karina obtained her Law Degree with honours from Universidad Anáhuac México Norte in 2007. She subsequently completed a postgraduate diploma in Banking and Finance Capital Markets Law at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in 2013. In 2015, she also obtained a certificate in Anti-Money Laundering from the Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores), as preparation for the Compliance Officer certification.

Awards

Karina has been included in the Legal 500 GC Powerlist in 2023, 2024 and 2025, as well as in the GC Green Powerlist in 2024 and 2025. She was nominated for the Markets Media Women in Finance 2026 Award and is the recipient of the 2026 In-House Lawyer of the Year Award from The Legal 500.