Incorporation of a new company including registration with the SHCP, immigration processes, brand registrations, as well as the different needs of day to day:
Administrative Law
Performing a proper interpretation of administrative provisions in force is a necessary step for our clients because of agreements or covenants they may enter into with the Federal Government, State or Municipal Governments, or because of their participation in bidding processes convened by departments of the Federal Public Administration and Government-owned Companies.
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Environmental Law
Environmental Law is relevant for audits to determine compliance of applicable environmental provisions for service and industrial companies.
Federal, state, and municipal environmental authorities, as well as national and international arbitration procedures, require representation before environmental authorities, to prepare, submit and obtain environmental concessions, authorizations, licenses, registries, and permits in order to comply with the international environmental treaties and conventions
Some of the services offered by this firm are: investigations to prevent environmental liabilities, handling of inspections, rulings, penalties, fines, close downs, as well as corrective remedies which are urgent and security-related, ordered by federal, state, or municipal environmental authorities.
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Amparo
Our attorneys have vast professional experience in amparo, in all areas were Human Rights acknowledged in our Constitution and in International Treaties in which Mexico participates are affected.
Our expertise is supported by countless favorable rulings for our clients in writs of amparo.
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Legal Audit
The Firm, throughout the last few years, has been providing integral and preventive services to its clients for their effective compliance regarding each and every one of their obligations, in order to avoid fines, penalties, or close down procedures by Administrative Authorities in all scopes and to avoid litigations of any kind.
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Customs and Foreign Trade
Customs and Foreign Trade, derived from various Commercial International Treaties entered into by Mexico, has become an important subject for our importing and exporting clients.
Customs service requires constant supervision to avoid contingencies in Foreign Trade operations made by companies.
Our expertise will provide you with confidence in Customs and Foreign Trade processes you might be involved in during the day to day operation of your company.
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Extrajudicial Collection
Alvear y Asociados provides specialized services to collect past due receivables for foreign and local individuals and corporations from the financial sector and other sectors.
We have the necessary infrastructure, facilities, and qualified personnel to meet our clients´ requirements and needs in this matter.
Some of the main services we provide are:
• Receivables Administration
• Extrajudicial Collection
• Credit Reports and Information
• Patrimonial Investigation
• Data Verification
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Corporate Law
Participating in the creation of corporate entities from their birth to their liquidation has been one of the main services provided by our firm. This has allowed us to participate alongside our clients in the birth, development, and growth of new businesses.
It is also important to continuously update all the corporate entity´s actions regarding its participation with management bodies, and its results.
Likewise, we have taken part in various operations for foreign and local companies such as, spin offs, mergers, liquidations, as well as transformations, having achieved operational and performance benefits.
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Bankruptcy Proceedings
Becoming insolvent is a possibility within regular commercial procedures; recurring to Business Commerce or liquidating the company are often common options to solve this problem.
Our Firm handles these federal processes alongside litigation experts and with the support of Specialized Entities and auxiliary personnel for these procedures.
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Agreement specialists
The attorneys from the Firm´s Corporate section have over 10 years´ experience in this matter; they make sure that agreements entered into by our clients protect the latter´s interests and limit possible disputes to a maximum extent, and in case a dispute should arise, elements to demand its fulfillment are available.
Administering agreements properly allows our clients to be aware of the obligations therein contained and their consequences, thus minimizing risks.
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Supplier and Consumer Rights
Consumer rights have improved in Mexico through a series of national legal principles and signing of International Treaties.
Consumers are protected by the Consumer´s Protection Federal Law. It is important that our clients are aware of these rights and of the basic principles for consumption relationships, such as:
• la protección de la seguridad, vida y salud del consumidor,
• Protection of the consumer´s safety, life, and health,
• The right for education and divulgation,
• The right to information,
• The right for effective prevention and damage repair,
• Access to administrative bodies, and the right for the protection of the consumer´s financial interests
Among the services we provide, is counseling on the applicable regulations in accordance with Mexican Official Laws regarding:
• Deceptive advertising
• Agreements entered into outside the business establishment and in an indirect way
• Adhesion contracts
• Self-financing
• Time-share leasing
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Trusts and their Administration
Trusts are still an important business-developing element within Mexican laws.
Administering the parties´ obligations within this legal concept allows for the fulfillment of the Trust as the core of a business structure.
Our Firm guarantees our client the compliance of these elements and an adequate business and commercial relationship.
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Taxes
The tax area comprises lawyers with extensive experience in the field, who work closely with our accountants to provide comprehensive and effective services to our customers in meeting their tax obligations.
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Property Law
Property Law is currently experiencing a boom in Mexico mainly because of the increase of real estate investments.
If you are or will be involved in any of the following operations, you should receive adequate counseling on Property Law, in which our Firm is highly experienced
• Leasing
• Selling
• Transfers
• Exchanges
• Creation of Mortgages
• Creation of Pledges
• Commission Agency Agreements
• Creation of Articles of Condominium
• Change of real estate property system
• Requests for condominium authorizations
• Creation of Condominium Statutes
• Notary counseling
• Investigation of liens or statutory restrictions on land
• Investigation to determine if someone is really the owner of a property before the Public Registry of Real Estate Property
• Necessary processes to sell and transfer properties
• Registering properties before the Public Registry of Real Estate Property
• Creation of Mortgages and easements
• Property consolidation or subdivision
• Construction and Demolition Notifications or Licenses
• We have a Construction Work Director
• Operating Permits, Opening Statements
• Construction Services Feasibility
• Environmental, Urban, and Water Impact
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Foreign Investment
Alvear y Asociados, alongside its Corporate and Property Law sections, provides counseling services on matters regarding foreign individuals and corporations who are interested in investing in Mexico, whether in a direct, indirect or neutral way through Mexican corporate entities, special actions or through previously authorized Trusts, as well as counseling on applying for and obtaining authorization to establish themselves in Mexico in order to regularly take part in commercial actions.
Our services in this matter include
• Counseling and obtaining authorizations issued by the National Commission for Foreign Investments
• Handling of processes to obtain permits and notifications before the Department of Foreign Relations and the General Office for Foreign Investments to acquire real property inside and outside the restricted area
• Creating, Establishing, and Starting up companies, affiliate companies, subsidiaries, branches, and representation offices
• Registering foreign individuals and corporations, Mexican corporate entities with foreign investments, and Trusts before the National Registry of Foreign Investments
• Preparing, submitting, and following up on the fulfillment of obligations before the National Registry of Foreign Investments , such as: Registration renewal, preparation and filing of Quarterly and Yearly Financial Reports, Changes of Name, Domicile, partners or shareholders, granting and revoking powers, Liquidation, Spin-off, and Merger Notifications, Registration Cancellation, and any corporate and financial change the corporate entity may suffer
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Tax and Administrative Litigation
The tax and administrative litigation section is integrated by highly experienced attorneys in administrative amparo and general administrative-law action.
This section of the firm prepares petitions for writs of amparo, actions for annulment, administrative remedies, and other proceedings, or those actions necessary for the attention and follow-up of trials and procedures before the Federal Judicial Authority, Local and Federal Administrative Courts or administrative activities regarding the firm´s specialization.
Our experience is supported by countless favorable rulings for our clients regarding writs of amparo, actions for annulment, or administrative proceedings.
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Family, Commercial, and Civil Litigation
Alvear y Asociados offers litigation services to their clients in order to handle legal disputes in which Mexican or international corporations are involved; the following are among our areas of expertise: property, corporate, and contractual litigations, as well as cases regarding debt: mortgage foreclosure proceedings, summary commercial actions, bankruptcy proceedings, and insurance and surety bond proceedings.
Our firm provides this service with a strong commitment with our clients, aiming to provide preventive counseling on litigations. For this reason, the litigation section is in constant communication with other sections of our firm like corporate, property, and industrial and intellectual property sections. We also offer counseling on contract negotiations.
Likewise, we offer a Family Law service. For which our attorneys have developed the sensitivity necessary for this kind of law through constant practice.
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Migratory Law
Through its relations with international businesses and corporate entities, Alvear y Asociados has ample experience in obtaining permits and migratory documents required by Directors and foreign personnel in order to perform their activities in Mexico.
Our services are based on the timely compliance of the foreign corporation or individual´s obligations before the National Institute of Migration, as an autonomous Entity of the Department of the Interior, derived from its work and/or professional relation, in order to prevent fines or penalties.
Our Migratory Services include:
• Obtaining permits for the entry of foreigners with restricted nationality, and obtaining Immigrant and Non-Immigrant migratory documents
• Extensions and countersignatures to remain in the country
• Changes in Migratory Characteristics and Status, Civil Status, Nationality, Activities or Employer
• Opening of Basic Files for Mexican companies before the Migratory Authority
• Registering and de-registering foreign workers
• Obtaining permits to increase Activities, provisional and final Exit Permits, performing Processes to Marry a Mexican citizen, Adoption, Divorce, or annulment of Marriage Processes
• Obtaining Permanent Residence (Declaratoria de Inmigrado)
• Issuing and replacement of migratory documents through the District Attorney
• Appealing rulings issued by the Migratory Authority, by submitting Legal Remedies established by the Law
• Obtaining Mexican nationality through Naturalization
In addition to this, Alvear y Asociados offers the following services:
• Obtaining provisional or permanent ABTC cards (APEC Business Travel Card)
• Translation of public and private documents by authorized experts
Authentication, Certification, and Legalization of public or private documents issued in Mexico
• Issuing apostilles for documents issued in Mexico
Processes to obtain a driver´s license
• Approval of studies undertaken abroad
• Counseling and support to foreigners for their registration in the Federal Registry of Taxpayers
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Intellectual and Industrial Property
The priority for Alvear y Asociados is to protect and defend the company´s and businessperson´s Tangible Assets like their brands, slogans, trademarks, patents, industrial models and drawings, local patents, integrated circuits, and copyrights. Our specialists in the matter and our corporate attorneys provide preventive and comprehensive services, thus avoiding unfair competition, plagiarism, unauthorized usage, and counterfeiting.
We offer the following Industrial Property services:
• Counseling, Searching, Reporting, filing, obtaining, and following up registry applications for Brands, Patents, Slogans, Trademarks, industrial designs and drawings, Local Patents, and Integrated Circuits.s
• Renewal of Brands, Slogans, and Trademarks, as well as surveillance of granted registries
• Administration, Reports, Formulation, and Negotiation of Franchise, Distribution, and Trade Agreements, usage and exploitation licenses, and transferring of intellectual property rights
In order to guarantee exclusive usage and exploitation by the creators, we offer the following Copyright services:
• Searching of registered history
• Registering all kinds of Works: Literary, Artistic, Musical, Video, Books, and Contracts
• Exclusive usage Rights Reserves for: publications, periodical publications, Artistic Names, Artistic Group Names, characters, Advertising Campaigns, and WebPages
• Obtaining the “ISSN”, Normalized International Number for Serial publications, like newspapers, magazines, leaflets, gazettes, etc.
• Obtaining the “ISBN” Normalized International Number for Books
• Content and Title Legality Certificates for publications
• Administration, Reports, Formulation, and Negotiation of Copyright Agreements
Likewise, in the event of litigation or disputes, the firm is highly experienced in filing legal action to protect the rights of our clients, such as::
• Administrative-law actions for Brand, Patent, and Registry
• Expiration, Cancellation, and Annulment
Administrative-law mediation and infringement procedures before the INDAUTOR
• Internet Site dispute solution before the NIC (Network Information Center) Mexico
Administrative Remedies against rulings issued by the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property and/or National Copyright Institute, filing of Trial of Annulment before the Federal Court for Administrative and Tax Justice, as well as filing of writ of Amparo before Federal Courts
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Labor-Management Relations
Alvear y Asociados offers its clients labor-related legal services through specialized attorneys in individual and collective work relations, and matters of social security, housing, and application of the Federal Labor Law and its statutory provisions. Said service includes Counseling on:
• Individual and collective work contracts
• Managing work relations with the personnel, including their termination and rescission, and with labor unions
• Applying and fulfilling social security (Social Security Law) and housing obligations (National Worker´s Housing Fund Institute Law)
• Work accident and illness prevention, working under correct hygiene, safety, and environmental conditions, in compliance with the Federal Labor Law, Social Security, Hygiene, and Environmental Labor Federal Regulations, and relevant Mexican official standards
• Litigation before the federal and local Conciliation and Arbitration Boards, and before the Federal Labor Court; on processes for individual and collective labor suits and disputes, and public services. Ownership actions for collective work agreements, financial disputes, and strike procedures through collective work agreements, their revision, or demand to fulfill said agreements due to their breach or the non-fulfillment of legal provisions
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Financial and Banking Services
Throughout the life our firm, we have specialized in banking law; we have participated in countless financial projects, from formulating agreements and credit restructuring with foreign and domestic institutions, to designing and implementing financial structures such as Trusts throughout several branches of the business.
Likewise, Alvear y Asociados performs Corporate Audits, which are useful to all financial sectors that seek a correct application of Financial Law rules and regulations.
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