P&A is a leader in designing and implementing innovative tax schemes for our client’s business projects in Mexico complying with domestic and international tax provisions. Our multidisciplinary tax team works closely with our clients to address all of their tax needs, as well as tax controversies and litigation issues. Our practice virtually covers all aspects of Mexican tax law. Furthermore, aware of our client´s concerns regarding the frequent amendments to tax provisions, P&A offers a wide range of tax services to satisfy all of our client’s needs.

Our services include:
– Litigation of federal federal tax matters
– Social security
– Tax refunds
– Transfer pricing
– Other procedures with tax authorities (permits and authorizations)

Mexico is one of the most competitive countries in the world for productive investment due to its macroeconomic and political stability, low inflation, size and strength of its domestic market, economic growth rate and capacity to produce advanced manufacturing (high-tech products).

Mexico: – It is part of the largest economic block in the world (NAFTA and MEUFTA). – Mexico has a network of free trade agreements which grant preferential access to 45 countries (almost 1.2 billion people).

In this sense, P&A is at the forefront in rendering legal services and in advising our clients in relation to their international transactions and customs operations. Our world-class team is well versed on all of the advantages of the related tax benefits set forth in laws, regulations, decrees, international treaties and conventions that Mexico has signed with other countries.

As a result of our advice our clients are able to maximize opportunities and take advantage of the instruments available to them, minimizing risks and reducing production and operating costs, all of which translates into more profitable international business operations for their companies.

Our services include:
– Legal advisory of the different customs regimes
– Advice on duty charges (both general and preferential)
– Legal advice on the origin of goods imported under preferential treatments rates.
– Tariff classification of goods
– Customs valuation of imported goods and transfer pricing
– Obtainment of authorizations for operating strategic warehouses (“Recinto Fiscalizado Estrategico”)
– Drawbacks
– IMMEX programs
– Release of goods seized by customs authorities.
– Administrative Appeals, Annulment and Amparo trials.

P&A lawyers will help you solve the problem, not simply manage the process. We help you understand and succeed with your business goals, not just your legal needs. Our team enjoys comprehensive experience covering administrative, civil and commercial litigation cases. Our participation is not exclusively limited to representation in court but also where a confrontation can still be prevented for the purpose of saving a valuable business relationship.

P&A can assess your legal risks and liabilities and help identify problems before they emerge. And when disputes arise, we can help you choose and follow the right strategy.

Our services include:
– Civil, commercial and administrative litigation in all instances.
– Administrative appeals
– Amparo trials
– Negotiations and transactions

Our social security team emphasizes prevention. We participate in the development of your corporate structure and prepare individual strategies based on labor audits, helping us determine areas that require changes. Our lawyers can help you address a broad range of needs, from the application and interpretation of labor and social security laws, to labor litigation.

Our services include:

Consulting
– Compliance with social security obligations
– Advice on calculation of basic salary used for determining social security contributions
– Training in compliance with tax obligations
– Review and determination of work risk premiums
– Challenging social security tax assessments by the IMSS and INFONAVIT

Litigation – Administrative proceedings
– Annulment actions and amparo appeals against tax assessments issued by the IMSS and INFONAVIT
– Significant reduction of amounts payable for improper social security assessments

P&A corporate practice focuses on the business objectives of our clients. Our firm assists Mexican and foreign clients in a broad range of corporate, commercial and business transactions. We actively participate in the entire spectrum of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), including domestic and cross-border transactions. We render legal services for M&A transactions to a diversity of clients, which include individual entrepreneurs and small family businesses, as well as large national and multinational corporations.

Our corporate team is prepared to help build and develop businesses, expand margins, support major transactions, and/or reduce business risk exposure by providing top quality service. P&A corporate lawyers have expertise in high value, complex and world-class business deals.

Our services include:
– Incorporation of companies and limited liability companies
– Procedures before the National Registry of Foreign Investment of the Ministry of Economy
– Corporate secretary
– Incorporating of subsidiaries and branch offices of foreign companies
– Commercial contracts
– Corporate restructuring, conversions, dissolutions and liquidations of companies

We represent clients in domestic energy matters and other infrastructure projects. P&A provides legal advice to companies and public entities in energy projects including regulatory, corporate, and financial aspects. The firm is currently advising various Mexican and international companies in the opening of the Mexican oil and gas sector to private investment, as we have broad experience in all of the areas covered in the Mexico Energy Reform – upstream, midstream, downstream as well as in power.