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The firm offers expert legal advice in all aspects of business law relating to the incorporation and legal compliance of entities in Mexico, including subsidiaries and branches of foreign enterprises. We counsel corporations on restructurings and reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other types of specialized corporate transactions. We structure and negotiate a wide array of civil and commercial contracts, and tailor such arrangements to our clients’ needs.
The firm handles a wide range of transactions for foreign investors and multinational companies with interest in Mexico, as well as for prominent Mexican businessmen and entities. Our clients also include small and medium sized companies.
Some of the activities in this area of practice involve:
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Incorporation of all types of business companies and civil associations |
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Foreign investment compliance |
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Incorporation of trusts |
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Due diligence. |
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National and international contracts, including joint venture agreements |
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Mergers, transfers, mortgage and acquisitions |
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Domestic and international commercial contracts |
General Services
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Legal instrumentation for credit contracts, financial leasing and factoring, among others |
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Legal counsel to bank branches |
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Legal report and opinion of corporate writings and contracts related with the clients of all business areas |
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Attention to requirements made by judicial and administrative authorities |
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Corporate compliance of companies before the regulatory authority (National Banking and Securities Commission, Central Bank of Mexico, primarily) |
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Legal support to financial groups |
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Legal opinion about products (supply contracts) and viability of credit contracts and regulations |
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Legal consulting for administrative, corporate, labor, regulatory and international trade matters |
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We handle a broad range of matters, including mergers and acquisitions, anti‑money laundering, bank secrecy, lending, licensing, and authority compliance, among others.
Our banking and financial services practice is able to provide clients with a complete approach to the Bank Secrecy Act, Anti‑Money Laundering, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and USA Patriot Act compliance, to address the legal requirements, issues and problems encountered by domestic and foreign banking and financial institutions in today's challenging normativity environment.
We assist our clients to develop a comprehensive compliance program; we help them to be prepared for regulatory examinations; we advise their boards and officers on matters of liability, general and function‑specific training; and we ensure that both employees and consultants work within the current compliance parameters.
Our goal is to prepare our clients with the policies, procedures, controls, safeguards and knowledge needed to tackle today's challenging and heavily scrutinized financial environment.
We help our financial institution clients to grow and start from scratch. Our clients include domestic and international banks, thrifts, trust companies, financial and bank holding companies, mortgage lenders, finance companies, investment advisers, broker dealers, international bank agencies, and many other types of financial institutions. We are exceptionally adept at forming these entities and helping them navigate the regulatory and compliance issues in this highly regulated area of law.
Some of the activities in this area of practice involve:
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Instrumentation of credit contracts, financial leasing and factoring |
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Counsel to financial groups and banks |
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Report and opinion of corporate writings and contracts |
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Attention to requirements made by judicial and administrative authorities |
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Corporate compliance of companies before regulatory authority |
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Opinion of products (supply contracts), viability of credit contracts and regulations |
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Legal consulting of corporate, labor, regulatory and international trade matters |
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We review contracts with foreign and domestic financial institutions, by means of the execution of agreements and contracts used by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), the Mexican Intermediaries Stock-Exchange Association (Asociación Mexicana de Intermediarios Bursátiles, A.C., “AMIB" for its Spanish acronym) and diverse Master Agreements for Financial Derivative Operations, registered at the Adhesion Contracts Registry (Registro de Contratos de Adhesión, "RECA" for its acronym in Spanish) belonging to the National Commission for the Protection and Defense of Users of Financial Services ("CONDUSEF" for its Spanish acronym).
Agreements and contracts consist of financial instruments called or known as “over-the-counter derivatives”, (i) for risk hedging inherent to the financial core of economic activities; (ii) currency forwards (USD-MX); (iii) currency options (EUR); (iv) swaps; and (v) trade or hedge from rate and currency transactions. Also, it is provided a form of insurance in hedging, as well as a technique that attempts to reduce risk. |
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We help employers reduce litigation costs. We regularly review our clients' proposed personnel actions, including discipline, promotions, terminations, and layoffs, for potential discrimination claims. We give day to day advice and counsel on virtually every labor and employment issue that may arise, including:
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Compliance audits |
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Disability laws and accommodations |
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Discrimination and harassment laws |
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Equal employment opportunity practices |
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Employee drug testing |
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Employee privacy issues |
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Employment-at-will and employment agreements |
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Employment terminations |
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Federal and state leave laws |
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Restructurings and reductions-in-force |
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Wage and hour audits |
Personnel policies and employee handbooks.
We help our clients review and analyze existing policies and employee handbooks, and also to develop and implement new policies and handbooks that address such issues as:
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Bonus pay |
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Corporate ethics standards |
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Equal Employment Opportunity laws |
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Employee drug and alcohol testing |
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Employment obligations for persons with disabilities |
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Family and medical leave |
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Maternity and child care |
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Overtime |
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Protection of trade secrets and company property |
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Retention of email and other personnel records |
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Vacation pay |
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Wage and hour requirements |
Affirmative action.
We also assist our clients in the designing, maintenance, and implementation of written affirmative action plans that are consistent with applicable law, according to the appropriate regulations and guidelines.
Acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, restructuring, and reductions-in-force
We frequently assist our clients with labor and employment issues that may be important for the successful completion of a merger, acquisition, divestiture, asset sale or other corporate transactions. This work includes assistance with:
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Collective bargaining relationships and agreements |
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Executive employment agreements |
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Noncompetition and trade secret agreements |
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Reductions-in-force |
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Separation agreements |
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Stay bonus agreements |
We also regularly provide advice to clients regarding their obligations under the Federal Labor Law in Mexico (Ley Federal del Trabajo, “LFT”); and we have successfully defended litigation cases involving this law, even though our motto and specialization is to prevent any future or imminent conflict or lawsuit.
Training programs.
We add value to our relationship with our clients by providing on-site and online training on preventive steps and programs that they can use to help minimize their risk of litigation. We have developed a library with training materials addressing lawful discipline and termination, harassment avoidance, wage and hour matters, and other issues; and we provide custom‑designed training programs at our clients’ requests.
We organize seminars in the area of labor and employment relations, including a yearly “Employment Law Update Seminar”. In addition, we offer an e-Lunch Briefings program over the Internet with a series of complimentary mini-seminars on employment-related topics.
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We offer professional English-Spanish document translation of all type of legal and non-legal documentation. We have specialized in many different document translation services (legal, technical, financial, and others), as well as in certified translation.
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