Mexico and the 2026 USMCA Review: strategic considerations

Customs digitalization requires greater documentary consistency and reinforces the strategic role of contracts in import operations.

ESG criteria (environmental, social, and corporate governance) are increasingly the basis on which investment decisions are made worldwide. Although these criteria are a tool for assessing the sustainability of companies, they are not incorporated into Mexican legislation and, therefore, are not mandatory.

The term, "mergers and acquisitions" involves several schemes of transaction (e.g, joint-venture, management buy-outs, takeovers and corporate reorganization) which often not only include the acquisition of a principal target company but may also affect one of the target´s subsidiaries.

The fragility of the economy of its agents has been a situation that has constantly concerned not only States, companies, merchants and scholars of the field, but also the general population.

The development of carbon markets requires the integration of international governance, contractual design, measurement systems and corporate accountability considerations.

Claus von Wobeser discusses the evolution of arbitration in Latin America, the development of a new generation of practitioners and the role artificial intelligence will play in arbitral practice.