Protection, Compliance, and Strategic Business Defense
Operating in Mexico requires more than meeting formal requirements. It requires understanding how regulatory authorities interpret and apply the rules, anticipating potential contingencies, and aligning legal strategy with the technical realities of each operation.
We do not provide isolated solutions. We develop regulatory compliance and defense strategies tailored to the level of risk, the competent authority, and the operational realities of each company.
We advise on preventive, corrective, and contentious matters that may affect the authorization, commercialization, continuity, or defense of business operations in Mexico.
Our Practice Areas
Health Regulation · COFEPRIS
Legal counsel with a technical and regulatory focus in matters before COFEPRIS, covering products, establishments, and operations subject to health regulatory oversight in Mexico.
Notices of Operation, licenses, and health authorizations.
Regulatory inspections and administrative proceedings.
Defense against sanitary safety measures, sanctions, and other government actions.
Registration of pharmaceutical products and medical devices.
Registration of pesticides, plant nutrients, and soil conditioners.
Food products, dietary supplements, and cosmetics.
Import permits and health-related advertising authorizations.
Consumer Protection · PROFECO
We advise companies on the design, implementation, and defense of their obligations relating to privacy, personal data processing, and information security.
Privacy notices and internal policies.
ARCO rights: Access, Rectification, Cancellation, and Objection.
Data processing agreements and data transfers.
Information security and incident management.
Training and compliance audits.
Administrative defense proceedings.
Copyright · INDAUTOR
We protect creative works and content while structuring ownership, licensing, commercial exploitation, and enforcement.
Registration of copyright-protected works.
Publishing, licensing, and assignment agreements.
Reservations of Rights for Exclusive Use.
Protection of content and creative materials.
Negotiations with collective management organizations.
Royalties, authorizations, and commercial exploitation of works.
Copyright proceedings and disputes.
Intellectual property, IMPI.
We protect trademarks and commercial notices through strategies focused on registration, monitoring, commercialization, and enforcement before the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI).
Trademarks and commercial notices.
Legal clearance and registrability assessments, including responses to office actions and objections.
Oppositions and defense against third-party claims.
Declarations of use and renewals.
Invalidity and cancellation for non-use.
Licensing, assignments, and exploitation of intellectual property rights.
Contentious proceedings before IMPI.
Privacy and Personal Data Protection
We advise and defend companies on compliance with the legal and regulatory framework governing the commercialization of goods, provision of services, advertising, and commercial information in matters before the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (PROFECO), including:
Administrative infringement proceedings and verification actions.
Product labeling and commercial information requirements.
Registration of adhesion contracts.
Sale of new and used vehicles and digital commerce.
Compliance with Mexican Official Standards (NOMs) and Mexican Standards (NMXs) in connection with verification proceedings and commercial practices.
Advertising, promotions, offers, and promotional campaigns.
Regulatory actions and defense arising from proceedings related to the "Revista del Consumidor".
We design regulatory training programs for executive, legal, commercial, technical, and operational teams, aimed at preventing non-compliance and strengthening the company’s ability to respond effectively to regulatory authorities and contingencies.
Preparation for and management of regulatory inspections.
Consumer protection and advertising compliance before PROFECO.
Personal data protection and handling of ARCO rights.
Administrative Defense and Litigation
Contracts and Regulated Operations
We structure, negotiate, and implement agreements for day-to-day business operations, corporate projects, and regulated activities. Our work is designed to clearly define obligations, allocate risk, protect business assets, and provide a sound legal framework for the execution of each transaction.
Distribution, supply, manufacturing, and service agreements.
Confidentiality, exclusivity, and non-compete arrangements.
Industrial property, copyright, and licensing agreements.
Health-regulated operations and the use of regulatory authorizations.
Public procurement and government-related contractual matters.
Lease, loan-for-use, and sale agreements.
Contract negotiation, amendment, termination, and implementation.
We represent companies in matters involving acts, omissions, and decisions of administrative authorities through administrative appeals, contentious administrative proceedings, and constitutional amparo actions.
Administrative appeals and legal challenges.
Legal action against administrative silence and government inaction.
Contentious administrative proceedings.
Indirect and direct amparo proceedings.
Defense against fines and suspension of business activities.
Regulatory Training
Strategic Intervention
Regulatory Contingency Support and Management
We intervene when companies face regulatory inspections, formal information requests, suspension of activities, product seizure, administrative proceedings, or fines.
We analyze the inspection order, the official inspection report, the measure imposed, the authority’s jurisdiction, the applicable legal deadlines, and the most appropriate defense or regulatory remediation strategy to protect the continuity of your company’s operations.