Federal Infrastructure Projects

Mexico's comprehensive anti-money laundering framework has undergone a sweeping transformation through Acuerdo 115/2026, introducing mandatory risk-based methodologies, enhanced client due diligence protocols, and automated monitoring requirements. With implementation deadlines beginning March 1, 2027, obligated parties conducting vulnerable activities face compressed timelines to overhaul their compliance infrastructure while navigating heightened enforcement risks and stricter beneficial ownership thresho

On January 27, 2026, the Trump administration announced what it called "a historic expansion" of the Mexico City Policy...

El 29 de abril de 2026, la presidenta, Claudia Sheinbaum, firmó el Acuerdo para el Fomento de la Industria Siderúrgica Mexicana como parte del Plan México. Este acuerdo...

15 September 2024 was a landmark day for Mexico as President López Obrador's controversial judicial reform (the "Judicial Reform") was signed into law, making Mexico one of the few countries...

FinCEN has issued a new alert detailing how Mexican cartels are exploiting U.S. financial institutions to smuggle fuel across the southern border, evade Mexican import taxes, and launder billions in illicit proceeds. The alert outlines red flags for financial institutions and announces new OFAC sanctions targeting key operatives in the fiscal fuel theft scheme.

The United States has expanded its list of Mexican criminal organizations designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists, adding the Juárez Cartel and Los Viagras to six previously designated cartels. This development significantly impacts compliance and risk management for companies operating in Mexico with U.S. connections, as U.S. law prohibits providing material support to designated organizations and restricts transactions with blocked entities.

El auge de la lucha colectiva del feminismo ha tenido como consecuencia el aumento de grupos y movimientos de apoyo.

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One of the most common questions we receive when foreigners—whether individuals or legal entities—want to start business operations in Mexico is whether any restrictions...

Mexico's Federal Official Gazette published significant amendments to Anti-Money Laundering Law regulations affecting entities conducting Vulnerable Activities, including real estate, vehicle sales...

Los abogados del área de Administrativo se encuentran a sus órdenes para resolver cualquier duda sobre lo anterior.

On March 8, 2018 the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) was signed in Santiago de Chile.

On January 30, 2015, the Treasury Department announced the temporary suspension of the invitation to tender bids for the Mexico-Queretaro high speed train project.

Infrastructure Projects in Mexico

Derived from a constitutional amendment in 2015 in matters of Anti-Corruption, and in relation to the secondary laws which enact the so-called National Anti-Corruption System...

On April 30, 2014, the Federal Government submitted to the federal Congress a draft of supplemental laws related to the energy reform...

El 22 de junio de 2017 se publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación, decreto por el cual se reformó el Capítulo I del Título Decimoctavo y se adicionó el artículo 284 Bis del Código Penal Federal.

La Segunda Sala de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación resolvió un recurso de revisión en el que analizó la constitucionalidad de diversas limitantes a las deducciones para determinar el impuesto sobre la renta.

On June 14, it was published on the official gazette, the "Agreement that modifies the Rules for tax collection by the financial institutions" which extends until September 17, 2018, the entry into force of the new scheme for electronic payment of customs duties and taxes, known as "Electronic Payment Foreign Trade (PECE)".

The General Provisions referred to in Article 58 of the Law to Regulate Financial Technology Institutions ("Fintech Law").