On March 14, 2016, the decree creating the Simplified Stock Corporation (Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada, or "SAS"), the first single-member corporation in Mexico, was published in the Federal Official Gazette.

Civil society organizations must enter into specific agreements for the different projects in which they participate and must consider several issues for their drafting.

The usufruct of shares is an agreement through which a shareholder grants a third party the temporary right, for a defined period, to receive the dividends of a company issuing the shares subject to the usufruct...

On March 14, 2016, the decree creating the Simplified Stock Corporation, the first single-member corporation in Mexico, was published in the Federal Official Gazette.

Golden parachute clauses are indemnity agreements embedded within the employment contracts of company executives.

Multinational companies increasingly deploy AI-based recruitment tools across global operations with limited adaptation to local legal requirements, creating significant compliance risks in Mexico. Mexican labour and data protection laws impose strict anti-discrimination and transparency obligations that AI systems designed for other jurisdictions may not satisfy. Employers face exposure on multiple fronts when automated hiring decisions lack proper governance, localized privacy notices, and meaningful huma

On December 18, 2018, the Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") published in the Federal Official Gazette the Resolution A/040/2018 which sets forth the interpretation criteria for business

The Mexican government, through its Tax Administration Service, has released a preliminary framework for fiscally transparent trusts focused on energy and infrastructure investments.

Certificados Bursátiles Fiduciarios Indizados or Exchange Traded Funds ("ETFs") are securities issued by a Mexican trust, through a public offering in Mexico, that seek to replicate benchmark...

The new laws were proposed by the executive branch and approved by the legislative branch and will be valid for one calendar year.

Following up on our March newsletter No. 5, on April 8, 2025, the Ministry for AntiCorruption and Good Government declared the nullity of the entire public tender...

While there is a growing understanding of the sanitary measures needed to restart manufacturing operations in a safe and efficient manner (i.e. social distancing, testing, masks & facemasks...

Since its publication in 1947, the Federal Gambling and Raffles Law (the "Law") was not regulated. It was hard to believe that all the regulation for games and raffles was regulated by only 17 brief articles of the Law, an Official Norm and auxiliary –but scant– regulations.

As the great Oliver Wendall Holmes once said, "Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one that they sprung up." With Fennemore's unwavering focus on better serving clients at the core...

The reality of the current tariff situation is that, although they can greatly affect larger exporters, small and medium-sized businesses in Mexico have also been made vulnerable by the imposition of tariffs, as they generate effects that transcend international trade and exports to the United States

2023 is a year in which the global economy will continue to strive to avoid recession and recover from the financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the landscape of early-stage investment in a startup, it becomes particularly relevant to the proper legal documentation of such investment to ensure that the rights and obligations...

Founded in 1988, National Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans to American society. This observance recognizes the rich cultural heritage and history.

Mexico's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has established new criteria that significantly restrict mining activities within federally protected natural areas, creating immediate compliance challenges for existing operations and effectively blocking new projects. Mining companies must now navigate complex regulatory requirements regarding environmental authorizations, operational expansions, and restoration programs to maintain their current activities within these protected zones.