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  • Mexico: New anti-money laundering rules require obligated parties to implement a comprehensive risk-based compliance framework by 2027

    Mexico has crystallised its anti-money laundering regulatory reform by imposing new compliance obligations on obligated parties. The rules set out how the risk-based approach is to be applied and establish deadlines for adapting processes, controls, audits and technology systems.

  • Mexico: CNE establishes temporary registration program to identify and regularize self-consumption fuel dispatch activities nationwide

    Through this registration program, the National Energy Commission (CNE) allows eligible operators to continue carrying out their activities under defined parameters until the corresponding regulatory framework is issued. The measure seeks to avoid disruptions to ongoing operations and provide regulatory certainty regarding the scope of these activities in accordance with the Hydrocarbons Sector Law.

  • Mexico charts its roadmap to develop the lithium value chain through 2030

    The program aims to boost national capabilities in exploration, processing, energy storage and battery manufacturing, although its execution will largely depend on the approval of new regulatory developments and the availability of public resources.

  • Chile approves tax measures aimed at boosting investment and economic growth

    The measures approved by the Chilean Congress contemplate significant changes aimed at boosting investment and economic growth, including tax reductions, new tax credits, and incentives to attract capital to the country.

  • Mexico: The e.firm digital signature will be the only valid digital authentication for online social security procedures

    Companies have 90 calendar days to adapt to the new system, which also centralizes the linking of legal representatives to act on behalf of the Mexican Social Security Institute through the Virtual Desktop.

  • Mexico: SEMARNAT Formally Bans Mining Procedures in Federal Natural Protected Areas

    The measure reinforces the new regulatory framework driven by the 2023 mining reform and the Supreme Court’s recent rulings, while also granting CONANP a decisive role in evaluating projects with potential impact on protected areas.

  • Mexico: CONAGUA launches the first phase of the regularization of national water concessions and assignments

    The program will enable the regularization of certain titles whose terms expired between 2009 and July 2026 through a simplified procedure and introduces new measures for the notification and administrative management of pending applications.

  • Data Economy, Privacy and Cybersecurity Newsletter - July 2026

    In this newsletter we featured two articles: one on quantum computing and its impact on the data economy, privacy, and cybersecurity, and another on personal data regulation in Colombia. We also covered the latest developments, regulatory updates, and court decisions relating to the data economy, privacy, and cybersecurity.

  • Pathways to extend the term of pharmaceutical patents in Mexico

    A combination of regulatory developments and recent judicial criteria have opened different avenues to adjust the duration of exclusivity periods. 

  • “Special private economic zones” (‘zonas económicas especiales privadas’ or ZEEP): a new horizon for tourism investment in Peru

    The new regulations governing “private special economic zones” (zonas económicas especiales privadas or ZEEP) pave the way for a privately managed investment model featuring tax and customs incentives in Peru. We analyze the implications for the tourism and hotel sector, which finds in this instrument a strategic opportunity to develop projects under a strengthened legal certainty framework.