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Viviana Santiago

General counsel | Mexico Infrastructure Partners Group (MIP)

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Viviana Santiago

General counsel | Mexico Infrastructure Partners Group (MIP)

Career Biography

Since July 2025, she has served as General Counsel at Mexico Infrastructure Partners Group (MIP), where she leads the fund’s legal function across all areas, including corporate governance, fundraising, investments, regulatory matters and strategic transactions.
Prior to formally joining MIP, she founded and served as Managing Partner of Alemán Santiago Abogados (2016–2025), advising Mexican and international companies, investment funds and financial institutions on corporate, financial regulatory and cross-border transactional matters. She also served as external counsel to MIP from 2018 to 2025.
Earlier in her career, she held senior legal positions (2011–2016) at Mexico’s National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV) and the Ministry of Energy (SENER), where she participated in drafting significant legislative reforms, including Mexico’s 2012 Energy Reform and 2014 Financial Reform. She also took part in bilateral negotiations with the United States, including the negotiation of the Agreement Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, and represented Mexico in multilateral forums, including the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
She began her legal career at leading Mexican law firms, Baker McKenzie and Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes (2007–2011), advising clients on corporate and transactional matters.
She earned her law degree with honours from Escuela Libre de Derecho and holds a certification in Circular Economy and Sustainability Strategies from the University of Cambridge.

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