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At SCGPC, we deliver solutions. It takes business sense and creativity to provide effective legal counseling, and we have built a team of lawyers who deliver both. This expertise has attracted public and privately held companies, governments, nonprofit organizations, individuals, and start-ups from the United States, Canada, Mexico and other countries.
With offices in Mexico City and now in Los Cabos, SCGPC attorneys act a bridge between the contrasting North American and Mexican legal systems. SCGPC responds to the needs and addresses the issues important to our foreign clients in the context of Mexican and international law.
The Firm is divided into five main areas of Practice:
1- Real Estate & Los Cabos Practice
2- Corporate, Foreign Investment and Finance
3- Environment, Energy, Immigration and Administrative Law
4- Intellectual Property
5- Litigation and Dispute Resolution
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A partial list of clients:
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PeopleSoft Corp – United States Embassy in Mexico - OPIC (Overseas Private Investment Corp –Citigroup Global Markets (previously, Solomon Smith Barney) – GMAC - Rabo Bank - Wells Fargo - Platinum Equity - US Bank Corp. - California Bank and Trust - PNC Bank -National Bank of Canada – Pendulum – Clear Channel Communications - Hospital Santa Fe – Home Box Office (HBO) - Procura Digital – State of Mexico – State of Puebla - Grupo T.V. Promo – Taco Inn – Alpen House - Hotel Playa Paraiso (Grupo Iberostar) – IBM Servicios – Samsung Telecommunications America, Inc. Inmobiliaria la Cima – Financiera Rural - The Commission for Environmental Cooperation - Metalclad Corporation – Allied Domecq
Acquiring and developing property in Mexico is a complex process involving many potential pitfalls, particularly for foreign investors. To further complicate matters, Mexico’s title system is far less technologically advanced than its northern neighbor and thus defects and uncertainty in title remain prevalent. Moreover, federal, state and local authorities establish a myriad of permitting requirements before coastal land may be developed, and under Mexican law, buyers may be liable for environmental violations that occurred before acquiring property.
Foreign buyers of real property are also well-advised to retain independent legal counsel to conduct necessary due diligence and review contracts and other closing documents, rather than relying on the advice of the broker’s or seller’s attorney, whose interests may not coincide with the buyer’s.
Likewise, corporate and institutional investors must also carefully structure and plan real estate investments and joint ventures in accordance with Mexican law, particularly with respect to cooperate governance provisions, land trusts, and real estate financings such as mortgages, guarantee trusts, leasebacks, pledges and mortgages.
To assist our clients mitigate these risks and avoid the associated pitfalls, SCGPC offers a complete package of legal services related to all types of real estate transactions and development in Mexico, including advice and representation with respect to:
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Los Cabos office:
Carretera Transpeninsular KM 4.5 Local C
Fraccionamiento El Tezal, Cabo San Lucas
C.P. 23410 Los Cabos, BCS,
Mexico
T + (52) (624) 104.3503
F + (52) (624) 104.3506
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