Santiago Contró

Associate

Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, S.C.

Santiago is a regulatory and environmental lawyer with extensive experience advising domestic and international clients on compliance, permitting, and risk mitigation. He has worked on high-profile matters across various industries, ensuring adherence to regulations, while preventing operational and regulatory risks.

His practice focuses on regulatory compliance, environmental impact and risk, water use, and land use through due diligence processes for M&A transactions and strategic guidance on sustainability and corporate governance. Santiago has successfully advised clients in securing key permits (including environmental impact authorizations) and optimizing regulatory strategies to implement best operational practices. His experience advising clients for the obtention of authorizations, concessions, and licenses includes their defense in administrative proceedings before competent authorities.

In addition to private practice in international law firms, Santiago also served as a law clerk at Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice, gaining valuable insight into regulatory decision-making and the authorities’ perspective. This experience allows him to anticipate regulatory trends and provide clients with strategic advice that ensures compliance while fostering operational efficiency.

Santiago received his Mexican law degree from Anáhuac University School of Law. He is a native speaker of Spanish, fluent in English and knowledgeable in French. He currently also serves as a Law professor at a private institution.

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