Being an integral legal services firm, ranked at the first tier in every area and line it performs, recognized in Mexico and abroad for the quality of its professionals and the successful results in the cases of its clients.

We fully understand the needs of our clients, creating a close professional relationship with them that allows us to provide the best and most efficient legal solutions, using our creativity, experience, and high specialization.

Practice Areas

Corporate

Mergers and acquisitions, joint-ventures, spin-offs, corporate and debt restructurings, company and organization formation; risk, corporate compliance and corporate due diligence procedures; foreign investment, commercial contracts and data privacy.

Immigration

We represent foreign individuals and their relatives in the procurement of immigration applications for the change of their immigration status, renewal of visas and application for the Mexican nationality, including any related matters with the National Immigration Institute.

Banking and Finance

Representation of domestic and foreign financial institutions, as well as borrowers, in the structuring, negotiation, and documentation of all kind of credit facilities, including secured and non-secured financing, syndicated, cross border, structured and project finance, as well as in the private and public placements of debt and capital.

Foreign Trade

We provide legal advice to national and foreign companies in their foreign trade and customs operations in Mexico, including all matters related with the importation and exportation of goods and services, duty deferral programs (Maquila-IMMEX), duty relief programs (Prosec, Rule 8th), Certified Company Registration, as well as in connection with the compliance of non-tariff regulations and restrictions (import permits, quotas, NOMs).

Real Estate

The firm advises companies in the negotiation, structuring and formalization of real estate transactions, including the purchase, sale, lease, development and construction of industrial, retail, residential and mixed used projects. We advise companies in the compliance of administrative and tax obligations for real properties.

Labor

The firm provides services in the labor strategy planning and preventive programs, representation in individual and collective labor bargaining agreements with the unions, advice in employment terminations, drafting of internal shop rules, compliance with safety and hygiene obligations, and also in the granting of benefits to employees in general.

Litigation

We advise individuals and companies in litigation proceedings before Mexican courts particularly related with areas, such as civil, family, commercial, constitutional (amparo), administrative and criminal (white-collar). We also represent clients with regard to consumer protection law, insolvency proceedings, and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, such as mediation and arbitration.

Intellectual Property

We advise individuals and companies in securing the legal registration of trademarks and patents, copyrights, as well as in their protection and defense before third parties with the corresponding authorities. Our IP practice also includes advice regarding contracts for technical assistance, franchising, licensing, software development, transfer of technology and confidentiality agreements.

Environmental, Healthy & Safety

The firm represents companies in environmental, safety and hygiene audits, administrative proceedings, regulatory aspects related to hazardous wastes and non-hazardous wastes, clean industry certificates and general applications with the Mexican environmental authorities.

Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory, risk and control due diligence; review, design, implementation, training and supervision of regulatory compliance programs in antitrust, capital markets, anti-corruption, corporate crime, worker misconduct, white collar crime investigations, risk prevention, crisis management and protection.

Natural Resources

The firm has broad expertise in the mining transactional sector, the acquisition of rights of mining concessions through direct assignment or through a public bidding procedure, and in the financing of mining projects. We represent companies in the procurement and extension of concessions and allotment of water rights, registrations with the Public Registry of Water Rights, permits for the discharge of residual waters, water quality certificates, applications for new developments, and other related procedures with the different national and international governmental water agencies.

Privacy & Data Protection

We advise individuals and companies in connection with the Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Information in Possession of Private Parties, its Regulations and applicable Guidelines. We provide legal orientation related with the normativity applicable to the protection, confidentiality, transfer and security on the use of personal data, including Privacy Notices, internal compliance policies and the exercise of the “ARCO” rights.