by José Antonio Cervantes Acosta | Mar 10, 2026 | Commercial Agreements, Commercial law, competence, contract termination, Contracts, Corporate, Corporate Governance & Complience, Jurisprudence, Mexican Law, SCJN
Some companies with cross-border businesses still assume that by choosing foreign laws to govern agreements that have effects in Mexico, they will obtain greater legal certainty. This is because they assume that a Mexican judge will apply the agreement literally when...
by José Antonio Cervantes Acosta | Jan 2, 2026 | Commercial Agreements, Commercial law, Contracts
Nearly two years after the publication of the landmark case-law [1] decision of Mexico’s Supreme Court, which qualified the principle of free will in commercial matters, also known as freedom to contract, allowing the parties to freely agree upon the terms and...
by José Antonio Cervantes Acosta | Jan 2, 2026 | Commercial Agreements, Commercial law, Jurisprudence
Does your company receive payments by check? If so, you may be exposed to a hidden risk that can freeze your cash flow without the debtor being subject to any sanction. A Federal Court has recently confirmed that a check remains legally valid even if the...
by José Antonio Cervantes Acosta | Sep 10, 2025 | Commercial Agreements, Contracts
What did the case reviewed by the Court consist of? In a recent ruling, the First Chamber of Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (the Court) examined whether it is legitimate for one of the parties in a contract to conclude or terminate it unilaterally and without any...
