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Mexico

As the United States’ second-largest export market and third-largest source of imports, and with a highly developed manufacturing sector and numerous free-trade agreements, Mexico is important to both US and global companies. Our Latin America team has advised clients on legal and business issues involving Mexico for decades and includes bilingual lawyers licensed to practice law in Mexico, Texas, and other key jurisdictions. Our work for clients in the country has helped Morgan Lewis garner consistent recognition from Chambers Latin America as being among the leading international law firms in the region.

Our Scope

We represent clients operating in or doing deals involving Mexico in a broad spectrum of areas, including the following:

  • Cross-border transactions, finance, corporate M&A, international tax, joint ventures, real estate, capital markets, investment management, and antitrust issues
  • Labor and employment matters, including immigration
  • Investigations and external enforcement actions involving alleged violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
  • Litigation, intellectual property, and privacy and cybersecurity
  • Insurance and reinsurance dispute policies covering risks, including through resolutions such as arbitration and trial and appellate practice before US federal and state courts
  • Insurance recovery and tax minimization or deferral from insurance proceeds; legacy liability structures (e.g., ring-fencing, insurance captives, and qualified settlement funds)
  • Spinoffs, receiverships, and restructurings
  • Political-risk insurance policy structure and negotiation for large infrastructure projects

Select Matters Handled by Our Lawyers

  • Mexican real estate, energy, and construction conglomerate with US operations regarding corporate, tax, and regulatory advice including fundraising efforts, joint ventures, financing, and development of its real estate projects
  • Institutional investors in a $250 million note issuance in favor of REIT
  • Mexican family office in a joint venture with an institutional investor to make investments in consumer loan distressed assets and credit card and mortgage loans
  • Sponsor in an acquisition financing involving a $44 million senior secured loan facility ($34 million in term loans and a $10 million revolver)
  • Private equity firm in a joint venture with the International Finance Corporation to invest in distressed assets (consumer loans and mortgages) in the Caribbean
  • Ad hoc group of holders of approximately $200 million of notes issued by a Mexican producer and distributor of cement and other construction materials
  • Mexican wireless telecommunications carrier and its US subsidiary in a $1 billion investment and subsequent divestiture
  • Clients in regulatory and transactional issues related to entry into the Mexican telecommunications market, including formation of corporations, partnerships, and joint venture arrangements, and the procurement of telecommunications
  • Underwriters’ counsel in a capital markets offering by Mexico’s state-owned electric utility
  • Client in a $2.5 billion liquefaction and regasification liquefied natural gas project in Mexico
  • International oil and gas company in its participation in Mexico’s initial rounds for upstream assets under Mexico’s new energy-sector reform
  • Two separate pipeline bids in Mexico as part of the CFE public bid process
  • Client on the IP aspects of an alcohol and spirits brand swap transaction acquiring 50% ownership of a joint venture and regaining distribution of a major spirits brand
  • US-based online retailer in labor and employment law issues related to the startup of operations in Mexico including structuring and implementing workforce union contracts