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Stress, burnout and other problems brought to light by the pandemic and telework
October, 2021

More than a year has gone by since Mexico, like the rest of the world, became immersed in the ravages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The productive sectors of our country sought, by various means, to adapt production and distribution to provide services in light of a virus that required us to stay home and reduce social contact to a minimum.

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Competition regulation: a nonconventional tool for boosting ESG initiatives
October, 2021

ESG initiatives arise from the increasing awareness of the largest and most complex economic, environmental, and social challenges that we are facing at a global scale. The United Nations 2030 Agenda and related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts; reaching the sustainable use and conservation of marine life, agriculture, and natural resources; ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy, and, in general, ensuring sustainable production and consumption patterns.

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ESG in the Mexican Mining Industry First Section
October, 2021

Introduction

Gradually, the words expressed by the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics, Milton Friedman, that “there is one and only one social responsibility for business: to use its resources and engage in activities designated to increase its profits…” have less resonance among organizations. This is because, contrary to that quote and almost 50 years later, the World Economic Forum published the Davos Manifesto 2020, which states that “a company is more than an economic unit generating wealth. It fulfils human and societal aspirations as part of the broader social system. Performance must be measured only on the return to shareholders, but also on how it achieves its environmental and social objectives”.

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ESG Implications for Corporate Governance
October, 2021

A trend has grown during the past few years in investors from the international financial sector, ranging from big investment funds and institutional investors to individual investors (retail investors). This trend is to invest not only in companies that have stable and competitive finances, but also in those that fulfill criteria of sustainable and responsible operations. These aspects have been focused mainly on three big matters: the Environmental, the Social and the Governance (ESG as an acronym). Thus, the investors choose companies that are considered as pillars of the ESG because these serve to value their legal, regulatory and reputational risk.

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Fernando Carreño: GCR Insight - The Private Litigation Guide Mexico Overview
February, 2021

Our Partner Fernando Carreño offers his insights in an overview regarding Mexican statutes and their regulations in The Private Litigation Guide Mexico Overview.

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Fernando Carreño: GCR Insight - The Private Litigation Guide Mexico Q&A
February, 2021

Our Partner Fernando Carreño offers his insights regarding Mexico in The Private Litigation Guide – Mexico Q&A.

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Luis Burgueño, Alberto Córdoba, Marisol Márquez and Elías Jalife: Latin Lawyer Insight - The Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions, First Edition
January, 2021

Our Partners Luis Burgueño and Alberto Córdoba as well as our associates Marisol Márquez and Elías Jalife, offer their perspectives regarding indemnity escrows and other payment guarantees in The Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions of Latin Lawyer Insight (First Edition).

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Adrián Magallanes & Diego Sierra: Chambers Global Practice Guides Litigation 2021
January, 2021

Our Partners, Adrián Magallanes and Diego Sierra offer their insights regarding litigation in Mexico in Chambers Global Practice Guides Litigation 2021.

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Adrián Magallanes & Rodrigo Barradas: IBA - The times ahead for private investors in the renewable energy sector in Mexico
December, 2020

Our Partner, Adrián Magallanes & our Associate, Rodrigo Barradas offer their insights in IBA regarding "The next wave of ISDS cases could be ‘powered’ by recent policy changes in the renewable energy sector in Mexico”. 

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Luis Burgueño & Santiago Barraza Lexology GTDT: Private Equity - Market Intelligence
December, 2020

Our Partner, Luis Burgueño & our Associate, Santiago Barraza provide their contributions to Lexology GTDT: Market intelligence, discussing "private equity buyouts and investments in Mexico, particularly in the second quarter of 2020…”

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