U.S. – Mexico Legal Services
IPG's U.S. – Mexico Legal Services Area specializes in handling the unique international legal needs of clients—whether they are foreign clients looking to do business in the U.S. or domestic clients looking to expand their business internationally.
We assist our clients in exploring, evaluating and, if appropriate, establishing their International and Mexican business operations. Due to our experience and extensive contacts throughout Mexico, we offer a broad array of valuable services including assisting our clients find and evaluate their potential business partners, conducting extensive due diligence, title search, strategic business and legal planning, setting up cross border joint ventures, planning and coordinating the establishment of wholly-owned manufacturing operations and maquiladoras, bilingual negotiations and drafting cross border agreements that are practical and enforceable.
In order to implement our clients' international business objectives, we work with and rely upon a number of different professionals that provide our clients with seamless and dependable legal services on their cross border transactions. Our experience, capabilities and contacts span the geographic reach of Mexico and the business reach of our clients.
The following are some examples of the services we offer:
- Planning, establishing and dismantling production facilities and maquiladoras in Mexico
- Mexican environmental, labor and immigration compliance and permitting
- Planning, structuring and implementing cross border joint ventures and related Mexican due diligence
- Mexican labor planning and compliance
- Cross border commercial litigation and arbitration
- International corporate compliance and maintenance
- Technology transfers and protection of intellectual property (Cross border technology licenses)
- Cross border corporate planning and structuring
- Incorporating in Mexico - from initial planning and structuring advise through implementation, including all aspects of regulatory compliance
- Structuring the acquisition, sale, leasing and financing of major Commercial and Residential Properties in Mexico
- Developing master-planned tourist projects along Mexico's Prohibited Zone ("Zona Prohibida") Bi-lingual negotiation and drafting of cross border agreements
- Enforcement and recognition of judgments
IPG assumes the responsibility of working with our clients to provide them the cross border legal guidance they need to set up their cross border operations and craft an adequate strategy in order to implement their business and legal objectives in a timely, cost effective and reliable manner. Once the nature and scope of the objectives are defined we assume responsibility for managing the process, overseeing the activities of our foreign associates and implementing the client's objectives. In short, we assume responsibility for the process and remain directly accountable to our clients to provide them with the timely completion of their objectives.
Attorneys
Our attorneys are bilingual and bicultural, and represent a diverse practice who have experience representing both Mexican individuals and companies, and U.S. companies whose legal needs span the border.
IPG attorneys have substantial experience in a wide array of international commercial matters. In order to expedite our client's needs as well as maintain a consistent level of quality control and responsiveness the IPG has licensed Mexico Lawyers on staff.
The IPG's internal staff and resources are complemented by an extensive network of well established affiliations that we have developed over the last 25 years with select Mexican Attorneys and consultants located throughout Mexico. Our affiliated law firms and consultants offer the full spectrum of traditional business, legal, and accounting services including real estate, corporate, labor, tax, patents and trademarks, litigation, and environmental issues. As a result, we are able to offer our clients a unique combination of U.S. style personal attention and responsiveness to their cross border legal needs combined with the know-how and relationships that are often a critical component of a cross border venture.
Recent Matters
Corporate restructure of management and ownership of large Hotel and Spa Resort in Tecate, Mexico.
Represented large development company in the acquisition and financing of a first-class luxury hotel in Cancun, Mexico.
Planning and establishing Mexico operations for large California marina management company in La Paz, B.C.S., including obtaining necessary permits, licenses, tax registrations and work visas.
Structured US/Mexico joint venture for the acquisition of a large hotel chain.
Structured acquisition and sale of high end Villas and residential properties in Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Acapulco, Guerrero and the Mayan Riviera
.Planning and establishing Mexican production facilities of large U.S. industrial coatings company, including completing the incorporation and obtaining necessary permits, operating licenses and work visas.