Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Description
of the Area and Services


We represent more than 200 Mexican subsidiaries of foreign companies in their legal needs in Mexico, including companies listed in the Fortune 500. Our wide customer base is made up of companies from different sectors like: sales, manufacturing, commercial activities, infrastructure, real estate operations and financial, among others.

Our lawyers have extensive experience in starting operations of Mexican companies: wether public or private, and limited liability societies. They have extensive experience in international business operations, public and private offers, and various corporate matters.

Our services include:

Corporate and business planning

Corporate restructuring

Real estate operations

Commercial contracts

Start-ups

Corporate governance

Advice on everyday business legal needs

Shareholders agreements and joint ventures.

Representative
Matters


Preparation and execution of the fiscal planning structure and the representation of the incorporation of a Joint Venture for the construction of two automotive plants in Mexico together with a recognized international company dedicated to design and construction, as well as one of the largest construction materials supplying companies globally.

01

Definition of the legal structure that allowed our client to acquire 33% of the capital of a Mexican company with the option of increasing his participation. Due Diligence was carried out to determine the legal status of the company to be acquired, as well as possible contingencies, including recommended actions such as the modification of the bylaws and the adoption of the modality of Investment Promotion Company ("SAPI"). To achieve an effective protection of the rights of our clients and grant minority shareholders special rights.

02

Joint Venture with an important hotel chain for the construction and operation of a hotel with condominiums and a shopping center in Mexico. The advice included the constitution of a new company, as well as the negotiation and construction of the hotel to validate the contract. Our firm prepared the trust agreement in charge of regulating the management of the development of the building (hotel rooms, commercial, residential and parking areas).

03

Legal assistance in the acquisition of one of the largest suppliers of equipment used in the collection of road tolls, including his Mexican subsidiary, representing one of the leading companies in the supply of solutions for road transport.

04

Negotiation of the acquisition of shares of a Mexican company dedicated to the production of electronic toll systems, to a government supplier of transport and telecommunications service needs. Our firm was in charge of the legal audit (due diligence), including areas of foreign trade, corporate, contractual, fiscal, administrative, real estate, intellectual property and compliance issues (specifically anti-corruption practices - a critical area in this operation-).

05

"The firm advises a range of well-known North American brands, in their daily corporate needs, as well as in transactions and corporate restructuring."

> Chambers and Partners

"This renowned team of lawyers is praised by its clients for their work in Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Law, Litigation, Labor and Real Estate Law, particularly. The firm has invested in its practice of Intellectual Property and International Trade, and has placed special emphasis on Compliance and Anticorruption. "

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