All Mexican legal entities with foreign investment are required to register and submit periodic filings with the National Registry of Foreign Investments (“RNIE”), which operates under the authority of the General Directorate of Foreign Investment of the Mexican Department of Economy. In accordance with several recently published decrees, starting January 1, 2025, all filings, including
It is common practice that when foreign-based carriers enter Mexico with their vehicles and do not cross the border zone, that is, the international dividing line and the parallel line located twenty kilometers inland from Mexico, the temporary importation of trailers and semi-trailers connected to their trucks is not carried out.
However, in accordance with
Mexico’s General Law of Administrative Responsibilities (“LGRA” per its acronym in Spanish) regulates not only the conduct of public officials but also has direct implications for private companies that interact with such public officials. In particular, Articles 24 and 25 of the LGRA provide a legal framework for the adoption of robust internal controls and
Over the past few weeks, President Claudia Sheinbaum has been discussing the “Plan Mexico” a new initiative designed to promote investment in the country alongside with the private sector. The plan consists of 13 strategic objectives, including positioning Mexico among the world’s top 10 economies by strengthening its domestic market and international presence, increasing the
On July 17th, 2025, Mexico’s Department of Labor and Social Welfare published new regulations in the Official Journal of the Federation addressing occupational risk factors related to the so-called “Chair Law” (the “Provisions”). These Provisions aim to establish clear requirements for employers to provide an adequate number and appropriate type of chairs with
Mexico’s constitutional amendments on strategic areas and companies, as well as administrative simplification, published in October and December 2024, respectively, have reshaped structural aspects of Mexico’s energy sector. This includes the transformation of the State-owned utility Federal Electricity Commission (“CFE”) from a productive enterprise to a public company, the elimination of the Energy Regulatory Commission
Mexico’s Department of Labor and Social Welfare (“STPS”) presented the 2025 Federal Labor Inspection Program as a comprehensive strategy aimed at modernizing and strengthening the enforcement of labor rights across the country. The program’s main objective is to shift from a reactive model to one that emphasizes prevention and correction with a strategic vision.
The
On July 16, 2025, the “Decree amending and adding various provisions of the Federal Law for the Prevention and Identification of Transactions with Illicit Funds, and amending Article 400 Bis of the Federal Criminal Code” (the “Decree”), was published in the Official Journal of the Federation.
The Decree introduced several amendments to the Federal Law
The First Chamber of Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) recently issued case decision number 1a./J. 118/2025 (11a.), titled: “Reservation of taxpayer data. Article 69, twelfth paragraph, section VI, of the Federal Tax Code, which provides, as an exception, the forgiveness of tax credit, is a measure that passes the proportionality test.”
In the
On June 6, 2025, the First Chamber of Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) issued a ruling in Direct Appeal 1954/2020, in which it analyzed the possibility that certain clauses of a lease agreement, particularly the penalty and the agreed default interest, could be evaluated by the courts in light of Article 21.3 of