

We provide certainty, transparency, and trust to individuals and organizations in times of crisis, growth, and change.
What makes us different?
Carbino Legal was born as the office of the future demanded by the present times. His approach is to add knowledge, experience, and certainty to individuals and organizations. Its value offer is based on 3 pillars: communication, innovation, specialization
Technology-driven legal services
Our methodology in project management and the high degree of specialization of our partners, allows us to offer comprehensive legal services in administrative, civil, criminal, corporate, tax, energy, and commercial matters.
Practice areas
Business
Corporate and industrial property
- Review and preparation of civil and commercial contracts and agreements (ie contracts of sale, lease, franchise, licenses, brands, among others), as well as the sufficiency and legitimacy of general and special powers.
- Analysis and drafting of corporate documents (ie holding and regularization of ordinary and extraordinary meeting minutes, shareholders' books, board sessions, capital increases and decreases, amendments to the bylaws, etc.).
- Management of notarial procedures (ie notarizations, ratifications, certified copies, among others).
Prevention of Money Laundering
- Review and diagnosis regarding Vulnerable Activities.
- Definition of particular obligations in light of the Federal Law for the Prevention and Identification of Operations with Resources of Illicit Origin.
- Design of the regularization strategy in compliance with obligations, as well as its implementation.
- Preparation of personalized manuals of internal guidelines for the fulfillment of obligations.
- Continuous advice in the fulfillment of obligations.
- Criterion confirmations before the FIU.
- Attention to audits and administrative sanctioning procedures.
Tax consulting
- identification, management and application of tax incentives and / or administrative facilities.
- Tax solutions, national and international.
- Corporate restructures, mergers and acquisitions.
- Restructuring of personnel and remuneration schemes.
- Property solutions for individuals.
- Preventive and compliance tax advice ( Due Diligence and Defense File ).
- Specialized calculations (Fiscal cost of shares, CUFIN, CUCA).
- Advice on the application of treaties.
Litigation and controversy
- Means of defense against acts or omissions of legislative, fiscal and / or administrative authorities, such as reforms to tax legislation, and the issuance of determinations of tax credits, fines or administrative sanctions.
- Attention to inspection procedures and advice in compliance with the requirements of the competent authorities.
- Administrative resources.
- Direct and indirect Amparo lawsuits.
- Contentious Administrative Trial.
- Consultations and / or confirmation of criteria.
Environmental services
Project planning and representation before authorities
- Comprehensive advice on coastal, residential and tourist real estate developments.
- Use of coasts, seas and rivers (Federal Maritime Terrestrial Zone).
- Authorizations regarding environmental impact.
- Maritime developments (ports and marinas).
- Energy and Environment.
- Management of local and federal environmental authorizations.
- Industry and Environment.
- Resolution of environmental conflicts.
- Administrative and criminal representation in environmental matters.
Real Estate
Consultancy
- Negotiation and preparation of preliminary agreements (NDA, LOI, MOU) for the planning, development and commercialization of real estate assets.
- Support in the negotiation and implementation of contracts for the sale, lease and financing of real estate developments.
- Assistance in the creation of condominium property regimes and other forms of common property.
- Advice on the structuring and creation of private real estate investment vehicles focused on the construction and acquisition of commercial and residential properties.
- Legal assistance in the negotiation and implementation of construction contracts and commissioning of the works.
- Processing and obtaining permits, authorizations and land uses.
Lawsuits & Disputes
Civil and commercial disputes
- Commercial arbitration.
- Defense of part in civil and commercial lawsuits.
- Corporate conflicts.
- Compliance with contracts and commercial commitments.
- Resolution of real estate disputes.
- Collection and Recovery of overdue credits.
- Representation before Local and Federal Courts.
- Resolution of commercial relations.
Criminal litigation
- Defense of individuals and companies in state or federal lawsuits.
- Representation of companies to collaborate with the Prosecutor's Office in criminal investigations.
- Design and review of compliance programs to avoid or mitigate possible liability of companies.
- Amparo proceedings against assurances ordered by the Prosecutor's Office or the Criminal Courts.
- Accompaniment in information requests by the Prosecutor's Office.
Employment & Labor
Consulting and litigation
- Review and preparation of individual and collective contracts.
- Risk analysis in labor litigation.
- Accompaniment in procedures before the Conciliation and Arbitration Board.
- Assessment and analysis at the beginning of ordinary and extraordinary audits or inspections carried out by the IMSS, INFONAVIT, and / or the Ministry of Labor.
- Preparation of labor termination agreements, resignation letters, receipts of settlements and settlements, assistance in the processes of termination of the employment relationship.
- Advice on extrajudicial negotiations with employees.
- Preparation and drafting of Internal Work Regulations.
- Assistance in matters of compensation to workers and executives, modification of remuneration schemes and working conditions.
Our Partners and Associates
Mr. Meraz obtained his Bachelor in Law degree from ITESM Tec de Monterrey; and his Master in Laws (LL.M.) degree from NYU School of Law with a certificate in Law and Business from NYU Stern Business School.
He worked as a Law Clerk in the Federal Tax Court in Mexico, and subsequently as Associate in the renowned law firm Sanchez DeVanny Eseverri, S.C. in the Tax and Wealth Management practices. Before becoming a partner in Carbino Legal, he worked as a Law Clerk in the Supreme Court of New York.
Admitted to the New York Bar (2019).
NYSBA member of the Corporate and Tax Commissions; as well as member of the Young Lawyers, Corporate and Tax commissions of the Mexican Bar Association in Nuevo León.
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