Practice Areas

Administrative and Regulatory Law

Description
of the Area and Services


We advise and represent national and international companies on their relations with the different agencies of the federal, state and municipal public administration.

We provide diverse legal services including the processing and resolution of all types of procedures before the authorities in the three levels of government; the drafting and review of contracts in administrative matters, consultancy and representation in matters of bids and privatizations, as well as in the processing and monitoring of any means of defense against government decisions through different legal resources.

In compliance with regulations, we support our clients in obtaining licenses, permits, concessions and authorizations before public administration entities.

Our services include:

Development, monitoring and relief of verification visits by federal, state and / or municipal administrative authorities.

Processing of licenses, permits, concessions and administrative authorizations before the different federal, state and / or municipal agencies.

Advice and representation on administrative matters regarding responsibilities of public servants.

Advice and representation on public tender procedures, direct awards and government procurement.

Implementation of programs and consultancy in anti-corruption and money laundering.

Preventive audits of licenses, permits and administrative authorizations.

Consultancy and representation in expropriation matters.

Advice and implementation of actions to comply with federal, state and municipal legislation.

Litigation before Federal and Local Administrative Courts.

Amparo actions against laws and administrative acts.

Processing and monitoring of administrative procedures in general.

Representative
Matters


Legal representation in the construction and operation project of new laboratories, including the obtaining of permits, administrative and environmental licenses for its realization.

01

Legal representation of a leading company in the manufacture of products derived from corn in the presentation and compliance of its administrative processes before the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks ("COFEPRIS"), to obtain an extension for the labeling of specific products and thus comply with the applicable legislation on health.

02

Advice on the implementation of legal strategies, including review and analysis of contracts, for compliance with provisions established in the Federal Consumer Protection Law; attention to the monitoring and verification procedures carried out by PROFECO; attention to complaints and / or complaints filed by consumers before the referred Attorney General, as well as procedures for infractions of the Law.

03

Legal representation of an agroindustry company to obtain health permits, including health records and operating licenses before the COFEPRIS.

04

Legal advice to a major foreign company on the filing of administrative and judicial proceedings derived from a direct assignment procedure carried out by Pemex - Refinación, for the acquisition of five buoys to operate tankers in the maritime terminals of Tuxpan, Veracruz; Salina Cruz, Oaxaca; and the maritime operation of the port of Rosarito, Baja California.

05

Advice and legal representation to a world leading company in intelligent transportation systems for a public tender procedure to obtain a contract for the supply of electronic toll systems. The scope of the project included analysis and review of the bases, meetings with the authorities for clarifications, and monitoring of the process until the final decision.

06

"They have a great capacity of response and ingenuity, excellent quality standards and a great knowledge in local regulation."

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