Compliance

Our department has two foundational strengths: we anchor our practice firmly in local knowledge of business culture and practices on the one hand, and on the other hand, base our counsel and advice on knowledge of Mexican and US law from practitioners admitted in the US as well as in Mexico. Our lead practitioners are permanently based in Mexico and live in the local business environment. This is vital to evaluating risk, carrying out incisive and effective investigations, and counselling clients on remediation and mitigation of risk. On the other hand, our practitioners include US-admitted attorneys who are licensed to counsel on US laws, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). We also lead investigations instead of just being consultants on discrete Mexican law aspects of investigations conducted by others.

We also have deep knowledge of Mexican regulatory issues that often constitute the basis for corrupt propositions by local authorities. This regulatory expertise includes significant and transparent contacts with regulatory authorities at an executive level in the Mexican government, which can allow us to overcome corrupt demands by lower-level authorities.

Our teams are also cross-disciplinary, as embodied in our Integrated Compliance Initiative. This initiative includes attorneys from labor & employment, foreign trade, competition law, data privacy, tax and litigation practices, a group of over a dozen practitioners concentrated in Mexico City.