Carlos Valderrama

Chambers Band 2  |  LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance |  520+ Projects  |  Stanford Recognized (Top Global Legal AI Solution)

WHAT CLIENTS HIRE ME FOR

→ Regulatory strategy for FinTech, Blockchain, and AI ventures entering Mexico
→ Authorization and licensing (SaaS, VASP, MTS, Sandbox, IFPE, IFC, Sofipo, Banking)
→ Due diligence opinions for institutional investors
→ Complex cross-border structuring for BigTech and Unicorns
→ AI governance and data protection frameworks

TRACK RECORD

520+ projects advised—including 9 banks, 8 unicorns, and 3 BigTechs. I don't just interpret regulation; I helped negotiate Mexico's FinTech Law.
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CREDENTIALS

Education: University of Cambridge | MIT Sloan School of Management | University of Oxford | Yale School of Management

ECOSYSTEM ROLES

Block Chair — IDB's LACChain ecosystem
Mexico's Representative — Blockchain Associations Forum

Previous

FinTech Regulation Adviser — British Embassy's Prosperity Fund
Strategic Alliances — BIS Agora project (Central Bank authorities)
Lead Lobbyist — Mexican FinTech Law

BUILDER, NOT JUST ADVISOR

Unlike traditional counsel, I build technology:

- Executed an AI algorithm achieving 1,760% ROI—selected by AWS Startups and Techstars, presented to Mexico's Senate alongside Meta
- Launched the first legal DAO Venture Capital in LATAM
- Created Jurídicon®, recognized by Stanford as a top global Legal AI solution
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