His expertise focuses on advising on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, venture capital, and general commercial matters. He also has experience advising start-ups on corporate structuring, founder relationships, investment rounds, and company sale processes.

Santiago has participated in large international financing transactions related to infrastructure and renewable energy projects in Uruguay and has provided ongoing advice to natural gas and hydrocarbons companies.

He obtained a master’s degree in Corporate and Commercial Law at Queen Mary University of London, where he studied Financial Law, Corporate Governance, and legal aspects of new technologies like cryptoassets, blockchain, smart contracts, decentralized autonomous organizations, and e-commerce.