Alejandro Velasco

Partner @Rht Legal Consulting

MX

International corporate manager for Mexican subsidiaries, acquisitions and new ventures, complex real estate investments, and tax group restructures. Complex due diligence processes, M & As, divestitures, assets recovery, of favorable or disputed ISR (Income Tax), VAT (Value Added Tax), INFONAVIT balances, relocations, near and reshoring, similar major corporate projects. Business laws and regulations, industry-related, trade, antitrust, intellectual property, labor/employment, corporate criminal, and immigration cases. Corporate counselor (resolutions, POAs, legal-recording, updates, book-keeping, SPVs, industry standards compliance and other business regulations). NDAs, LOIs, MOUs, commercial, suppliers and vendors contracts, administrative, ESG and other compliance counselor. Court representation and facilitator in high-stakes settlements. Manage all clients’ local, State and Federal registries, licenses, permits, concessions to operate in Mexico. Legal opinions required for courts or in lieu of a legal procedure, on corporate, EHS, soft-landing, dividends, and complex real estate matters. Company documents and investigations, corporate policies, KYC programs, codes of ethics and conduct. Mexican Legal Representative for U.S. or other multinational corporations with the day-to-day corporate matters in Mexico or for strategic turn-key projects or stand-alone operations.Main Achievements: Continuously strengthen our law firm’s internal and external relationships and partnerships. Consistently increase recovery of assets and client balances while reducing contingencies and liabilities—often in the hundreds of thousands to millions of U.S. dollars. Lead successful legal strategy challenging an illegal hostile takeover of a client’s concession by a Mexican state government. Specialize in multiple industry-specific legal and regulatory frameworks. Successfully manage all foreign investment soft-landing projects in Mexico.