International Transactions and Foreign Investment
Legal counsel to structure, protect, and operate businesses involving international elements, foreign investment, cross-border contracts, and international tax matters.
We advise companies, investors, and business groups on the legal structuring of international transactions, foreign capital entry, corporate design, regulatory compliance, and the prevention of tax, asset, and corporate contingencies.
International legal counsel with a corporate, tax, and asset-protection approach
We advise on transactions that combine corporate structuring, investment, contracting, and international taxation through legal frameworks aligned with the realities of the business and its asset protection needs.
Key Issues This Practice Area Helps Resolve
Admission of foreign partners or capital into a Mexican company;
Entry of investment into Mexico requiring a clear and secure legal structure;
Cross-border payments with uncertainty regarding withholding obligations or tax treatment;
International contracts lacking clear rules on jurisdiction or governing law;
Transactions between related companies in different countries;
Risk of contingencies arising from tax residence or permanent establishment issues;
Need to legally structure and organize a cross-border expansion or investment.
Matters We Handle in This Practice Area
Foreign Investment
Advice on investor entry, company formation and structuring, foreign ownership, shareholder arrangements, and the documentary regularity of the investment.
International Corporate Structuring
Design and review of structures involving related companies, holding entities, control vehicles, and corporate frameworks with an international component.
International Taxation
Análisis jurídico de pagos al extranjero, retenciones, tratados para evitar la doble tributación, residencia fiscal, establecimiento permanente y flujos internacionales.
International Contracts
Elaboración y revisión de contratos transfronterizos, cláusulas de jurisdicción, ley aplicable, solución de controversias, distribución, representación y prestación internacional de servicios.
Cross-Border Disputes
Estrategia jurídica frente a incumplimientos contractuales, conflictos societarios, reclamaciones patrimoniales y disputas derivadas de operaciones internacionales.
We do not merely review contracts; we structure the transaction as a whole.
In international transactions, risk usually does not lie in a single document, but rather in the lack of coherence between structure, tax treatment, and asset protection. For that reason, we develop practical and functional legal solutions aligned with the realities of the business.