Guides for investing in Mexico.
Practical answers to the questions every foreign investor asks — written by the team that handles them daily.
The IMMEX Program: A Practical Guide for Foreign Manufacturers
How Mexico’s manufacturing-for-export program lets you import machinery and inputs on a duty-deferred basis — and what it takes to qualify and stay compliant.
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Energy and Water Permits: The Critical Path of an Industrial Launch
Power interconnection and water rights routinely take longer than building the plant. How to sequence them so they don’t become your bottleneck.
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S.A. de C.V. or S. de R.L. de C.V.? Incorporating Your Mexican Subsidiary
The two entity types virtually every foreign investor chooses between, the differences that actually matter, and the incorporation checklist end to end.
Read the guide →Industrial Real Estate in Mexico: Lease, Buy, and the Due Diligence That Protects You
What to verify before signing for land or a building in Mexico — and the classic traps foreign investors fall into.
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The Compliance Baseline Every Foreign-Owned Mexican Entity Needs
The obligations that apply from day one — corporate, anti-money-laundering, data protection — and how to cover them without building a bureaucracy.
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Bank Accounts for a Foreign-Owned Mexican Company: What to Expect
Why opening an account is often the slowest step of a Mexico landing, what banks actually ask for, and how to prepare so it never blocks your operation.
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The Tax Setup of a Mexican Subsidiary: From RFC to Your First VAT Refund
The registrations and monthly rhythm your entity enters the moment it exists — and how to design the setup so cash never gets trapped.
Read the guide →Protect Your Brand in Mexico Before You Land
Mexico is first-to-file: whoever registers first owns the mark. Filing early costs little; recovering a squatted brand costs years.
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Legal Project Management: Run Your Mexico Landing Like a Project
A soft landing has dozens of legal workstreams with hidden dependencies. Treating it as a project — scope, timeline, one coordinator — is what keeps the date.
Read the guide →Contracts That Hold Up in Mexico: A Field Guide
The agreements a new operation signs in its first year — and the clauses that decide how enforceable they really are.
Read the guide →The Monthly Life of a Mexican Entity: Accounting Obligations Explained
CFDI invoices, electronic accounting, monthly filings — the compliance rhythm your finance team inherits with the tax ID, explained without jargon.
Read the guide →Visas and Work Authorization for Your Foreign Team in Mexico
Which immigration status your expatriates actually need, the employer registration that comes first, and the timelines to build into your staffing plan.
Read the guide →EHS in Mexico: Why the Risk Is Not Always in the Permit
A plant can hold every authorization and still be one inspection away from a shutdown. What a regulatory-exposure diagnostic looks at — and why prevention costs less than a stopped line.
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