Press release 183/2025 issued by the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico
On June 26th, 2025, the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico (SCJN) issued press release 183/2025 stating that the reforms made in 2023 to the Mining Law, National Water Law, General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection, and General Law for the Prevention and Comprehensive Management of Waste, in matters of mining and water […]
SCJN outlines key criteria on mining reform: five isolated precedents from the same amparo injuctions clarify the scope of non-retroactivity and regulatory obligations
The First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation published, on Friday, August 8, 2025, in the Judicial Weekly of the Federation, five isolated theses arising from the same amparo on review (AR 391/2024, TMXI Resources, S.A. de C.V.), which clarify the scope of the 2023 reform regarding mining and water concessions. […]
Víctor Luis Castillo Bujanda
Associate
Miguel Alejandro Rivera García
Associate
Quarterly Update Notice – 2024 Fourth Quarter National Registry of Foreign Investments
Being faithful to our mission to preserve the due compliance of your companies, it is of vital importance to notify you that next January 17th, 2025, is the deadline to file before National Registry of Foreign Investments, the Quarterly Udpate Notice related to the Fourth Quarter of 2024. Such notice is filed by individuals or […]
Economic Package for Fiscal Year 2025: Initiative to Reform the Federal Duties Law
On November 15, 2024, the Secretary of Finance and Public Credit delivered to the Chamber of Deputies the Economic Package for the Fiscal Year 2025, which includes, among other documents, the Initiative with Draft Decree Reforming, Adding and Repealing Various Provisions of the Federal Duties Law.
Supreme Court of Justice in Mexico resolves an appeal filed against the Mining Law Reform
On October 9th, 2024, the Supreme Court resolved an appeal filed by the Federal Executive, the Congress of the Union and the Ministry of Economy, as responsible authorities, which was filed against a judgment issued by a District Court, through which the Fifth Transitory Article of the Decree that reformed, among others, the Mining Law, was challenged.
Constitutional Reform Initiative on the prohibition of open pit mining.
Last February 05th, 2024, a series of initiatives were presented by the Federal Executive of Mexico, with the purpose of amending the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States; one of these initiatives is the “Decree by which several provisions of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States are reformed, regarding the right to food, healthy environment and right to water.”, in the initiative and the included “Diagnose”, the Executive mentions that “The residues produced by open pit mining, are not only solid residues, and are also composed of residual waters, which extend to farther areas”.
2024 Mexico Elections
With Claudia Sheinbaum’s victory in the recent elections, Mexico has its first female president in history.
Prior consultation with indigenous peoples and communities regarding environmental assessments and authorizations
Last March 2023, two jurisprudential criteria were published by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation of our country, which explain the provisions of Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, which has been ratified by Mexico, and in relation to the government’s duty to guarantee indigenous peoples their participation in […]
