Our lawyers are thoroughly experienced in the interpretation and application of international treaties and agreements entered into by Mexico; they keep our clients duly informed on changes in the applicable regulations and standards that must be complied with by manufacturers, suppliers, warehousemen, importers, and other companies in the manufacture and sale of medicines, medical devices, food, alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages, tobacco, cleaning products, beauty care and/or toiletries, fertilizers, pesticides, toxic substances and similar products subject to health regulations.

In customs matters, our firm offers the following services: assistance in developing strategies under different customs regimes; advice on duty charges (both general and preferential), filing of administrative-law proceedings against international unfair trade practices (dumping, subsidies, and safeguards); preparation of certificates of origin and actions against government investigations to determine the origin of goods imported under preferential tariff treatments; procedures for payment of antidumping duty exclusions; registration of companies in the General Importers’ List (Padrón General de Importadores), tariff classification of goods, customs valuation of imported goods and transfer pricing; determination, processing and securing of certificates of compliance with mandatory Mexican official standards (“NOMs”) at the point of entry.
Our firm is at the forefront of supplier-consumer and government-supplier relationships; thus, our lawyers provide the following services: opinions on the preparation and registration of contracts of adhesion; preparation and handling of claims; filing of challenges of administrative rulings and penalties; advice on conciliation procedures or procedures against infractions to the law, comparative advertisement and unfair competition procedures; advice on the application of NOMs with respect to mandatory consumer information, as well as negotiations and lobbying with authorities to modify or issue new NOMs and inspections to verify compliance with NOMs on consumer information; notices on marketing programs consisting of collecting cards and/or games of chance and contests; as well as assistance in closing down of business premises and immobilization of goods, etc.