Los Cabos, renowned for its luxury resorts and sun-drenched beaches, has become an increasingly dangerous hotspot for sophisticated timeshare scams that disproportionately target American and Canadian property owners and...more
On June 25, 2025, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued unprecedented orders under the newly enacted 21 U.S.C. § 2313a authority, targeting three Mexico-based financial institutions:...more
On February 1, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all imports from Mexico, citing concerns over illegal immigration and drug trafficking. These tariffs were scheduled to take...more
On December 27, 2024, the state government for Baja California Sur published a decree increasing taxes related to real estate transactions. Below is a summary of the highlights of the decree. Increase of Property Acquisition...more
On October 14 and 15, 2024, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE) convened in Mexico City for the inaugural high-profile meeting of newly appointed President Claudia Sheinbaum with CEOs...more
In our prior publication, we discussed an omnibus bill presented by Mexico’s President to Congress in November 2020. The bill proposed abolishing outsourcing of personnel in Mexico. Since then, the bill has now been...more
On November 12, 2020, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador released a draft outsourcing reform bill (the “Proposed Bill”) which would impact both the outsourcing and insourcing of jobs practically across all...more
Perhaps two of the most significant constitutional reforms in recent times in Mexico were completed in 2011 and 2015. In principle, the 2011 reforms were aimed to promote, respect and protect, and for the State to guarantee...more
The development of real estate projects, including hotels and master planned communities in Los Cabos and other places in Mexico, commonly requires financing by banks and other institutional lenders. This article presents an...more
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