Corporate law
The Firm forms, reorganizes and advises companies and their shareholders, from incorporation through to the sale or merger of the business.
Schöndube · Fernández · López Madrigal advises Mexican and foreign companies with operations in Mexico, and the partners who run or finance them, on the legal decisions that determine how a business is governed, financed and transferred.
What is corporate law?
A company is born with bylaws and a deed of incorporation, but it is governed by the decisions its shareholders make afterwards: who signs on its behalf, what vote is needed to approve a capital increase, what happens to the shares of someone who wants to leave or who dies, and how a disagreement among the founders is resolved. Corporate law puts all of that in order before there is a conflict, so that when an investor comes in, another company is acquired or the shareholders stop seeing eye to eye, the rules are already written and applying them does not depend on someone improvising them at that moment.
When one of the shareholders, the investor or the counterparty is in another country, the rules of private international law also come into play, determining which law applies and before which court a dispute would be resolved, and these are best reviewed at the start of the transaction rather than once a disagreement exists.
Corporate services
Companies and corporate governance
We incorporate companies and reorganize them when the business changes, whether through a conversion, a merger or a spin-off. We draft the bylaws, shareholder agreements and shareholder meeting minutes, and set the rules of management so that it is written down who decides what, with what vote, and what happens if the shareholders cannot reach an agreement.
Commercial contracts
We draft, review and negotiate the contracts the company operates with: those with customers, suppliers and distributors, those entered into with counterparties abroad, and alliances between companies for a common project (joint ventures).
Mergers and acquisitions
We advise on the purchase and sale of companies, equity interests and assets, from the negotiation of terms through to closing. Before payment we conduct due diligence, the legal review of the company being acquired to detect debts, litigation and contingencies that do not appear in its financial information.
Regulatory compliance and anti-money laundering
We design the company's compliance programs, including anti-money laundering measures for those engaged in activities the law classifies as vulnerable, with the internal manuals and procedures that serve as support in the event of a review by an authority.
How we work
We handle matters spanning Mexico, the United States and Europe in Spanish and English, so that a client with partners or investors in another country has a single team and a single legal criterion.
More information
Enquiries are received at info@schondube.com and by telephone at +52 (998) 881 1970.
Schöndube · Fernández · López Madrigal. Edificio Atrium, interior 410, Avenida Nichupté, Número 20, Manzana 2, Supermanzana 19, Cancún, Benito Juárez, Quintana Roo, México, C.P. 77500
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