Our Foreign Trade & Customs team has developed a comprehensive practice focused on advising domestic and foreign clients from a myriad of industries. Most of them are involved in the import/export of goods for commercialization and manufacturing purposes.
Our Foreign Trade & Customs team has developed a comprehensive practice focused on advising domestic and foreign clients from a myriad of industries. Most of them are involved in the import/export of goods for commercialization and manufacturing purposes.
Our experience includes the analysis and interpretation of international treaties and agreements entered by Mexico with countries of diverse regions all over the world.; as well as to implement the legal mechanisms to apply the preferential duties treatment granted by such commercial international agreements (origin certification; disputes and origin verification procedures).
We represent our clients on the defense of administrative-law proceedings related to international unfair trade practices, such as dumping, safeguard, among others.
We advise clients in the preparation of legal strategies to protect its businesses against illegal actions commenced by the customs and tax authorities through administrative and court proceedings. Likewise, we have broad experience in providing legal assistance during audits conducted by Customs and Tax federal and Local authorities.
We have broad experience in designing import and export schemes for companies aiming to benefit from industrial development and temporary import programs offering special tax and duty/tax treatment. (e.g., IMMEX, PROSEC, VAT Certification rule 8, Draw Back).
We assist clients to secure the relevant certifications related to the importation of products required to comply with non-tariff barriers, including lobbying of sensitive issues before government officials and agencies.
We are specialists in the port sector. We provide legal advice to national and international companies during public bidding procedures and during the execution of port concession contracts awarded by public tender. We have experience in assisting our clients during negotiation and mediation procedures for the settlement of disputes arising from the relationship between port operators, assignees, and the port authorities.
