On July 29, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the plenary session of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies approved the reform to the Public Sector Acquisitions, Leasing and Services Law (Ley de Adquisiciones, Arrendamientos y...more
Mexico's National Banking and Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores or CNBV) published on June 4, 2020, in the Official Gazette of the Federation (Diario Oficial de la Federación), the general...more
El primero de julio de 2020 en México se publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación el Decreto mediante el cual se expide la Ley de Infraestructura de la Calidad (LIC) y se abroga la Ley Federal sobre Metrología y...more
El 8 de mayo de 2020 fue publicado en el Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF) el Decreto mediante el cual se reforma y adiciona el Artículo 4 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, el cual tiene como...more
The current worldwide health emergency has had serious effects on Mexico's economy. Companies in various sectors and industries are facing serious financial difficulties due to decreasing income, which is having a further...more
La Secretaria de Economía de México, el Comisario de Comercio de la Unión Europea (UE), confirmó el 28 de abril de 2020, que concluyeron las negociaciones de la modernización del Acuerdo de Asociación Económica, Concertación...more
Mexico's Central Bank [Banco de México (Banxico)] has issued provisional measures under Regulation 8/2020 (Circular 8/2020) related to proceedings, fines and obligations applicable to Mexican financial institutions under the...more
Mediante decreto publicado en el Diario Oficial de la Federación del México el 2 de abril de 2020, se instruyó a las dependencias y entidades de la Administración Pública Federal, a la Oficina de la Presidencia de la...more
According to the Mexican Constitution, Mexico's Consejo de Salubridad General (the National Health Council) is the governmental body authorized to declare the COVID-19 pandemic a national sanitary emergency on the grounds of...more
Reformas a la Ley General de Sociedades Mercantiles (LGSM) entrarán en vigor el 14 de diciembre de 2018. Las sociedades mexicanas (incluyendo subsidiarias mexicanas de entidades extranjeras con actividades en México) deben...more
9/5/2018
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Amendments to the General Law of Business Organizations (Ley General de Sociedades Mercantiles, or LGSM) will enter into force on Dec. 14, 2018. Mexican companies (including Mexican subsidiaries of U.S. and other foreign...more
9/5/2018
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Before Mexico's energy reform of 2013, private companies had a limited participation in the electricity market. Among other opportunities, power generation was particularly attractive due to the fact that self-supply and...more
• Mexico recently voted for a new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in the biggest – and likely the most important – election in the country's history, electing the first left-wing candidate in Mexico.
• While it is...more
7/10/2018
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• The rapid proliferation of technological advancements in global financial markets has caused regulators in several countries to increase their scrutiny of investments in, and implications of, cryptocurrencies.
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5/8/2018
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As of Aug. 11, 2014, all the secondary laws pertaining to the Mexican Energy Reform (published Dec. 20, 2013), were published in the Mexican Official Gazette.
The scope of the secondary laws published on Aug. 11, 2014,...more
The current moratorium on oil exploration and production in the Western Gap portion of the Gulf of Mexico will end shortly. This development will help to kick start cooperative agreements between countries as well as spur...more
7/30/2014
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A pivotal step in Mexico's game-changing energy reform process was taken this week when President Enrique Peña Nieto asked the Mexican Senate to pass new energy-related laws and amend existing ones....more