On Friday, March 11, 2022, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources published in the Official Gazette of the Federation, the new Mexican Official Standard NOM-001-SEMARNAT-2021, regarding “permissible limits of pollutants in wastewater discharges into receiving water bodies owned by the nation” (“NOM”).

On March 4, 2022, the Plenary of the Federal Judiciary in Mexico published the General Decree 4/2022 in the Official Gazette of the Federation, through which it ordered the establishment of the First and Second District Courts on Bankruptcy matters (“Bankruptcy Courts”).

Dear clients and friends,

Today, we commemorate International Women’s Day (IWD) and we honor the women in our firm. At Von Wobeser y Sierra, we are committed to the promo­tion and advancement of gender equal­ity in the legal profession. Our position is unwavering and unrelenting.

The chapter describes a series of mechanisms most used in mergers and acquisitions transactions in Mexico and Latin America to ensure that a party affected by its counterparty’s breaches of covenants or misrepresentations is adequately indemnified.

We are excited to share with you that Von Wobeser y Sierra signed the Unit­ed Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) during an event held by Abogadas MX on February 11, 2022.

In this chapter of the Investing in… 2022 Chambers Global Practice Guide, several of our colleagues offer an analysis about the following topics related to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Mexico:

In this article published in the Investing in…2022 Global Practice Guide, our partners Luis Burgueño, Fernando Carreño, Montserrat Manzano and Patricia Kaim offer an extensive analysis about the following topics related to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Mexico.

Since its foundation our firm has had a pro bono culture. For more than 35 years, we have seen the benefit of pro bono work and how it brings positive impact to our communities, both at the social and the environmental levels.

On January 19, 2022, the “Decree promoting the regularization of used vehicles” was published in the Federal Official Gazette, which contains the guidelines and requirements for regularizing certain used vehicles from abroad whose legal stay in Mexico cannot be evidenced.

On January 1, 2022, Resolution RES/550/2021, which issued the new General Administrative Provisions issued by the Energy Regulatory Commission (“CRE”), containing the criteria for efficiency, quality, reliability, continuity, safety and sustainability of the National Electric System: Grid Code”, (“New Grid Code”), came into effect. The New Grid Code is intended to update and replace the previous General Administrative Provisions contained in RES/151/2016 8 (“Old Grid Code”), so as of last January 1, the Old Grid Code was repealed.