by José Antonio Cervantes Acosta | Jul 7, 2026 | Corporate Governance & Compliance, Corporate Risk Managemen
If you are a director of a Mexican company and still believe that your obligation is limited to delivering financial and corporate information at the general shareholders’ meeting, within statutory and bylaw deadlines, you should reconsider. The Mexican Supreme...
by José Antonio Cervantes Acosta | Jul 7, 2026 | Corporate Governance & Compliance, Corporate Risk Managemen
A bank granted a loan to another company, which signed promissory notes with interest rates freely set by the lender and secured by a mortgage guarantee. The bank assumed that, because the borrower was another company, the rate would not be challenged. The Mexican...
by José Antonio Cervantes Acosta | Jun 10, 2026 | Corporate Governance & Compliance, Corporate Risk Managemen
Many individuals and companies in Mexico use management trusts to protect assets and isolate risks. The rationale is straightforward: assets are transferred to a trustee institution and are placed outside the reach of creditors and corporate disputes. However, they...
by José Antonio Cervantes Acosta | May 22, 2026 | Corporate Governance & Compliance, Corporate Risk Managemen
You are the administrator of a company that regularly extends credit. You document those receivables through promissory notes, invoices, and contracts. One of your clients has failed to pay you for several months, and one day you see in Mexico’s Federal Official...
by José Antonio Cervantes Acosta | May 14, 2026 | Corporate Governance & Compliance, Corporate Risk Managemen
When an investor appears on the horizon, most growing companies in Mexico face the same situation: they have been operating for years under a corporate structure that nobody reviewed since incorporation. What seemed like an administrative decision turns out to...
