Publications - Corporate and M&A
After years of legislative debate, Mexico has significantly reformed its regime for the prevention of money laundering and the financing of criminal organizations. The reform entails a substantial increase in the administrative burden for both…
On June 25, 2025, the United States designated CIBanco, Intercam, and Vector as foreign financial institutions of primary money laundering concern linked to fentanyl trafficking. In response, the Mexican government imposed temporary managerial…
The proposed reform seeks to create a new National Antitrust Commission, increase penalties, expand the scope of monopolistic practices, and lower thresholds for merger notifications. It also introduces new authorities in the telecommunications…
The recent decision by the United States to designate Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) marks a significant shift in the risk landscape for multinational companies with interests in Mexico and Latin America. Below, we analyze…
The reduction in the number of Supreme Court Justices and the possibility for citizens to vote for justices, magistrates and judges are some of the new elements of this reform.
Companies holding concession titles will have until January 15, 2024 to submit viable proposals in terms of investment, construction time and modernization of these railroads to provide passenger transport services.
The deadline to submit offers for the five wells located on the two parcels is October 16.
Due to its unique geographic location with respect to the North American, European and Asian markets, as well as its simultaneous integration to global value chains due to international trade and investment treaties such as the USMCA and the CPTPP,…
Contracts for mergers and acquisitions mainly look to spread the risk between the buyer and seller and to regulate shareholder relations within the company. The same occurs with venture capital, but the differences between traditional and venture…
In an earlier edition of our Latin American Viewpoints newsletter (see here), we analyzed the main provisions applicable to notification of mergers and acquisitions in Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico. In this second part, we examine a…
In current M&A practice, when talking about transactions of a certain size, it is important to take economic competition factors into account, and a preliminary and important element that especially needs to be considered is what the merger…