Óscar Miranda Abogado
Áreas de práctica
Ver todasDefensa estratégica · juicios orales · amparo penal
Divorcios · pensión · custodia · sucesiones
Despido, finiquito y liquidación · lo que te corresponde de verdad
Contratos · arrendamiento · daños · litigio
Cobro de deudas · pagaré · juicios ejecutivos
Constitución · compliance · gobierno corporativo
Defensa SAT · TFJA · predial · amparo fiscal
Clausuras · multas · INVEA · juicio de nulidad
Residencias · naturalización · INM
Compraventa · escrituración · vicios ocultos
Negativa de pensión · semanas cotizadas · Modalidad 40
Asesoría inicial desde $2,000 MXN · Lunes a viernes 9:00 – 21:00
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FOR FOREIGN FOUNDERS & COMPANIES · MEXICO CITY
If your company is signing a contract, hiring in Mexico, or chasing a client who stopped paying, you need a business lawyer who reads Mexican law the way a local lawyer does — not a translation of a U.S. template. Óscar Miranda is a licensed Mexican attorney (cédula profesional 13195234) who works with foreign founders, SMEs and multinational teams entirely in English: contract drafting and review, company formation, and collections, with closed fees instead of open-ended hourly billing.
A contract written for U.S. or U.K. law does not automatically hold up in a Mexican court — and a contract silently governed by "whichever law the other side's template says" usually favors the other side. Every commercial agreement your company signs in Mexico should be reviewed, or drafted from scratch, under the Código Civil and Código de Comercio that will actually apply if something goes wrong.
Reviewed clause by clause before you sign what the other party sent, or drafted to protect your side from day one.
Enforceable under Mexican labor and civil law, not a copy-pasted U.S. clause that a Mexican judge will simply ignore.
For office, retail or warehouse space; the clause that limits your exit or your deposit is usually the one nobody reads before signing.
Mexican labor law is protective of workers by default; getting the classification and the termination clauses wrong is one of the most expensive mistakes a foreign employer makes here.
Drafted or reviewed in English and Spanish side by side, with the Spanish version controlling for Mexican courts and the English version so your team actually understands what it signed.
Foreign founders usually arrive with the right instinct (incorporate before you invoice) and the wrong questions (which entity, how much capital, who needs to be a partner). The most common structures:
(Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable) — the standard corporate vehicle, closest to a U.S./UK corporation, shares represented by stock certificates.
Closer to an LLC, often preferred by U.S. parent companies for tax-flow-through treatment (confirm with your U.S. tax advisor; we handle the Mexican side).
For companies planning to bring in investors or issue different classes of shares.
What company incorporation in Mexico actually includes, beyond the notary appointment:
Drafting the estatutos sociales (bylaws) to match how you actually plan to run the company — voting rights, capital calls, transfer restrictions — instead of a generic template.
Registering with the RFC (tax ID), opening the door to a Mexican bank account, and the beneficiario controlador (ultimate beneficial owner) filing that foreign-owned entities frequently miss.
Foreign-investment registration (RNIE, before Mexico's Ministry of Economy) when a non-Mexican person or entity holds equity — a step routinely skipped by founders who incorporate through a generic online service.
Ongoing corporate compliance once the company exists: annual shareholder meetings, minute books, and the filings that a due-diligence process or a bank will ask for later.
The most common message we get from foreign-owned businesses in Mexico is some version of "our client/distributor/partner stopped paying." Mexican commercial collections follow a specific path:
A lawyer's letter, sent first. It resolves a meaningful share of unpaid invoices on its own, before any court is involved.
Available when the debt is backed by a promissory note (pagaré), invoice, or signed acknowledgment; faster than ordinary civil litigation because the debtor's assets can be attached at the outset.
For disputes over performance, breach or damages where there's no liquid, documented debt.
For straightforward collection matters, fees are frequently structured as a percentage of what's actually recovered — agreed in writing before we start — so the incentives are aligned with the client's.
If your debt is documented in a pagaré, the executive route is explained in detail (in Spanish) on the page about collecting on a promissory note. Foreign companies are also frequently on the receiving end of a claim or an administrative requirement (SAT, labor board, local authority) — responding within the legal deadline, in Spanish, with the right formal defense, is not optional; missing the deadline alone can turn a defensible claim into a default judgment.
Tell us what you're owed — or what you were served withA few things surprise founders who assume Mexican business law works "close enough" to what they know:
Unless the agreement expressly and validly says otherwise — and even then, enforcement against a Mexican party's assets usually still happens in Mexico.
Terminations, severance and even independent-contractor misclassification carry real exposure that a foreign HR playbook won't catch.
For incorporation, real estate and certain corporate acts, a notary's involvement is a legal requirement, and choosing the wrong one (or the wrong scope of powers-of-attorney) creates delays that cost months.
The clause that protects you in Delaware may be unenforceable, or mean something different, under the Código Civil. Every contract in this practice is either drafted under Mexican law from the start or reviewed against it before signature.
A notice from SAT, INM, PROFECO or a labor authority usually gives days, not weeks, to respond correctly.
The value of local counsel isn't translation — it's knowing which of these defaults actually protects your business, and which one quietly doesn't.
Closed fees, agreed before work begins — no open-ended hourly billing.
You leave with a clear diagnosis under Mexican law: your real exposure, the realistic options, timelines, and a closed quote for whichever path you choose.
Quoted per document once we've seen it (complexity-based, not hourly).
Closed package fee covering bylaws, notary coordination, RFC and beneficial-owner filing — quoted case by case.
For businesses that sign contracts, hire, and collect from clients every month; a fixed monthly fee covers contract review, unlimited WhatsApp questions, and collections management. Details on the monthly legal retainer for businesses page and full pricing on the fee schedule.
Often on contingency (cuota litis): a percentage of what's actually recovered, agreed in writing before we start — no fee if nothing is collected.
Yes. Consultations, contract explanations and WhatsApp updates all happen in English. Court filings and the contracts themselves are prepared in Spanish (or bilingual, Spanish-controlling) as Mexican law and Mexican courts require — every clause is walked through in English before you sign anything.
Yes — this is one of the most common requests. Send the draft over WhatsApp or email; you get it back marked up clause by clause with what's standard, what's unusually one-sided, and what to push back on before signing.
Yes. Most contract, corporate and collections work is handled by WhatsApp, video call and email, with powers of attorney used where a physical signature or notary appearance is legally required. The office is in San Miguel Chapultepec, Mexico City, for matters that do need an in-person step.
It depends on whether you're hiring locally, need a Mexican bank account, plan to raise investment, or just need a vehicle to invoice and pay taxes. The initial consultation includes a clear recommendation — S.A. de C.V., S. de R.L. de C.V., or a branch/rep-office alternative — based on your actual plan, not a default.
Yes. Óscar Simón Miranda González holds professional license (cédula profesional) 13195234, verifiable in the Mexican Ministry of Education's public registry, with a master's degree in criminal law and more than 9 years of litigation experience across civil, commercial and corporate matters.
Within 4 business hours on WhatsApp (+52 55 8667 8490), Monday to Friday, 9:00–21:00 Mexico City time. If it's urgent — a deadline, a notice from an authority, a contract you need to sign this week — say so in the first message.
Book an initial consultation and leave with a clear diagnosis and a closed quote. You can also reach the firm through the contact page.
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