MEXICO Law and Practice Contributed by: Edgar Klee and Joel Gonzalez Lopez, Haynes and Boone, S.C.
Haynes and Boone, S.C. was founded in 1970, and is among the fastest-growing firms in the Am Law 100, providing a full spectrum of legal services across multiple sectors, including corporate, M&A, energy, financial services, real estate, restructuring, litigation, intellectual property and specialty transactions. The 2025 Chambers Global Guide ranked the firm in over 40 different practice areas globally. The firm has more than 750 lawyers who practise across 20 offices lo - cated in Mexico City, California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Vir -
ginia, Washington, DC, London, and Shanghai. The firm’s Mexico City office has been serving clients for over 30 years, with lawyers advising clients in a varie - ty of industries, including energy, private equity, man - ufacturing, chemical, automotive, aviation, shipping, telecommunications, banking and financial services, retail, franchising and technology. Recent tax work includes advising a major automaker on tax compli - ance matters in Mexico, advising a major airline on customs and tax audits, and advising several ship - ping and real estate companies on tax matters.
Authors
Edgar Klee is a partner in the Tax Practice Group at Haynes and Boone, S.C. in the Mexico City office. He has been practising law for 28 years and focuses on offering sophisticated corporate tax advice on international
Joel Gonzalez Lopez is a counsel at Haynes and Boone, S.C. in Mexico City. He has been practising law for 17 years, and his practice focuses on providing corporate and tax legal advice to companies in Mexico,
taxation, tax counselling for individuals, legal structuring, customs and foreign trade, and general tax litigation. He is a member of the Mexican Bar (Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados), and the International Fiscal Association (IFA). He frequently speaks and writes on tax-related issues.
including corporate and regulatory compliance, corporate tax matters, foreign investment and antitrust regulations, internal investigations, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, contracts and regulatory issues in general. Joel has also represented clients in complex internal investigations and regulatory compliance matters, as well as cross-border transactional and M&A work. His practice focuses on Mexico investment structures, cross-border transactions, tax treaty planning, withholding obligations and reporting compliance on domestic and international transactions.
Haynes and Boone, S.C. Torre Chapultepec Uno Av. Paseo de la Reforma 509, Piso 21 Col. Cuauhtémoc Alcaldía Cuauhtémoc CP. 06500, CDMX Mexico Tel: +52.55.5249.1800 Fax: +52.55.5249.1801 Email: edgar.klee@haynesboone.com Web: haynesboone.com
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