International legal advice

Practice areas of our lawyers in Paris

Our distinctiveness: a strong knowledge of French and Mexican law.

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Business district in Mexico City

Paris · France · Mexico · Latin America

For companies

Legal entities

01

International investors

  • Defining your strategy
  • Market research and feasibility studies
  • Selection of local partners
  • Offices, industrial or commercial premises and lease management
  • Financing and setting up the legal structure
  • Trademark registration

02

Corporate law

  • Setting up and structuring companies, branches and subsidiaries; corporate operations, capital increases, general meetings, shareholder agreements, confidentiality agreements and memoranda of understanding
  • Foreign investment regulations, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions
  • Public-private partnerships, joint ventures, consortiums and strategic alliances between France and Mexico

03

Contract law

  • Negotiating and drafting domestic and international agreements: sale and purchase, services, supply, production, logistics, franchise, technology transfer, technical assistance, licensing of trademarks and patents, leasing, loans, distribution and agency

04

Employment, real estate and IP

  • Management of employment contracts
  • Purchase of real estate in France and Mexico, and related disputes
  • Registration of patents, trademarks, designs and copyrights before the INPI in France or in Mexico

05

European law

  • Free movement of goods, capital, people and services
  • Restrictions to competition: abuse of dominant position, anti-competitive agreements and concentrations
  • Trade relations with third countries: common customs tariff and commercial policy

06

International law

  • Foreign trade operations: customs, tax and exchange issues
  • World Trade Organisation: dumping, subsidies, safeguards, countervailing measures and cross-retaliation
  • Tariff classification and customs valuation
  • Regional integration and bilateral trade agreements

For individuals

Private clients

01

Family law

  • Marriage between European citizens or with non-European citizens
  • French-Mexican marriages
  • Legal separation, divorce, nullity
  • Pension rights and division of assets
  • Paternity and adoption

02

French and Mexican inheritance law

  • Estates and inheritance tax

03

Immigration law

  • Employee expatriation procedures
  • Work or residence visas, temporary or permanent
  • Family reunification
  • Citizenship applications

Questions about our services?

From Mexico: +33 6 64 95 97 32 · from France: 06 64 95 97 32

hector.castro@francemexicoconsulting.com

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