We develop personalized strategies that guarantee and optimize the regulatory compliance of your company's operations.

We counsel our clients in stablishing a structure that allows them to obtain the greatest possible benefits for the operation of their company within the framework of the public policies and foreign trade programs available.

We analyze the possible alternatives and define the most viable approach according to our clients’ characteristics, considering the goods they intend to import and export, their origin and destination, the nature of their operation, as well as the characteristics of their clients.

We accompany our clients in obtaining the necessary licenses, programs, permits, registrations and/or authorizations to develop their operations in the country, such as:

  • Program for the Manufacturing, Maquiladora and Export Services Industry (IMMEX)
  • Business Certification Scheme
  • Sector Promotion Program (PROSEC)
  • Importers registry and sectoral exporters registry
  • Tax refunds (Drawback)
  • Guarantee deposit
  • Transport Companies registration
  • Courier Companies registration
  • Permits and licenses
  • Concessions and authorizations

We provide strategic consulting services in regard to the aspects regulated by International Free Trade Treaties and Agreements signed by Mexico.

We also counsel our clients on certification of origin.

We have extensive experience in price discrimination and subsidies procedures, as well as possible disputes and alternate solutions that derive from them.

We provide administration services for foreign trade operations to guarantee the correct functioning of the inventory control system (ANNEX 24), the credit account control system and certification guarantees in terms of VAT and IEPS (SCCyG-ANNEX 30), as well as the obligations derived from them.

We provide advice on the necessary administrative procedures to effectively maintain the flow of foreign trade operations, such as prior permits, notices, certificates of origin, certification for countervailing duties and non-tariff regulations and restrictions.

We accompany our clients in the implementation of self-correction mechanisms and prevention audits to identify situations that involve non-compliance and, consequently, avoid possible contingencies.

Our customs law practice focuses on advising our clients at all stages of their import and export operations.

We’re actively involved with all agents in customs clearance to avoid possible contingencies and obtain optimal results.

In this sense, we advise our clients on different aspects of the customs operation, such as:

  • Customs account
  • Customs regimes
  • Special imports
  • Customs valuation
  • Tariff classification
  • Administrative procedures in customs matters
  • International recruitment

We advise our clients on the analysis of their corporate operations when planning their transactions, establishing practical mechanisms to avoid possible contingencies and elaborate effective solutions intended to make the tax impact of their company much more efficient, outside of the Mexican legislation.

The main objective of our team is to provide comprehensive and profitable advice that allows companies to implement strategies that minimize tax risks, prioritize their objectives, and face the commercial and legal complexities of local and international taxation.

Our team has extensive experience in defending the legal interests of our clients against the resolutions issued by the tax and administrative authorities that violate their rights. The foregoing through filing the corresponding means of defense.

We stand by companies during the stages of administrative and jurisdictional procedures such as administrative appeals, as well as annulment and amparo proceedings in all their instances, from the moment of their filing, substantiation, resolution and until their due compliance.

Our practice in corporate law focuses on advising our clients on the incorporation of all types of companies, the planning and structuring of their corporate governance, as well as their normal trade operations.

In this sense, we advise companies on different aspects of corporate practice, such as:

  • Incorporation of all types of civil and trade companies.
  • Ordinary and Extraordinary General Partners’ or Shareholders’ Assemblies, granting of powers of attorney, increase or decrease of capital and transfer of shares.
  • Preparation and formalization of civil and trade contracts.
  • Foreign investment
  • Preparation and formalization of private documents related to international trade operations.
  • Structuring of corporate vehicles.
  • Mergers and splits.
  • Liquidation and dissolution of companies.
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