Rafael Sánchez

Corporate and Contractual Law, Foreign Trade and Tax

He has participated and prepared publications for different magazines and publisher’s websites, such as:

•“Lifting the Corporate Veil: Partners’ Liability in Mexico” – Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC).

•“The USMCA – Ten Things to Keep in Mind for Companies in Mexico” – Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC).

•“Risky and without a Public Policy, The Tax Incentives in Mexico” – LexLatin.

•“Quick Overview: Tax Effects of Mergers and Spin-Offs in Mexico” – Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC).

With over ten years of experience, Rafael Sánchez is a Senior Principal Associate who leads the legal practices of Contractual, Foreign Trade, and Tax Law in Cuesta Campos.

In the corporate and tax field, he has focused his experience on:

•Assisting national and multinational companies in the review of implications

•Analysis and implementation of legal structures

•Strategies associated to Joint Ventures

•Incorporation of entities with foreign trade participation

•Implications of Mexican Value Added Tax and Income Tax in national and international operations

•Permanent establishment for tax purposes

•Corporate restructures

•Inter-companies loans and increases of capital stock

•Sale purchase transactions of assets and stock

•Due diligences

•Negotiations, mergers, and liquidations, among others

In the foreign trade field, his experience includes among others:

•Origin verification procedures

•Tariff classification

•Origin certifications

•Non-tariff restrictions

•Import-export programs

•International treaties

•International contracts.

Universidad Panamericana (Campus Guadalajara)

Law Degree

2011

Mexican Association of Corporate Lawyers (ANADE)

Post-graduate Study in Corporate Law

2011

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)

Post-graduate Study in Foreign Trade and Customs Operation

2013

Universidad Panamericana (Campus Mexico City)

Master in Business and Corporate Law