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03 competition & antitrust
CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS
At the Crossroads of New Competition
Legislation, Enforcer and Perhaps Paradigm
Christian Lippert, Carlos Chávez, Juan Carlos Burgos, and Gerardo Rodríguez
05 technology & telecom
CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS
Chambers Media & Entertainment
Global Practice Guide
Ricardo Garcia, Xavier Careaga, Elisa Femat, and Diego Leal
07 antitrust & tmt/ai
LEXOLOGY
Data & Antitrust Guide – Edition 2
Christian Lippert, Carlos Chávez,
Juan Carlos Burgos, Gerardo Rodríguez, and Xavier Careaga
09 life sciences
CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS
Digital Healthcare 2025
Global Practice Guide
Bernardo Martínez-Negrete, Lisandro Herrera, and Martha Contreras
11 life sciences
CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS
Healthcare M&A 2025
Global Practice Guide
Bernardo Martínez-Negrete, Carlos Obregón, and Lisandro Herrera
15 tax
LEXOLOGY
In Depth: Transfer Pricing –Edition 9
Eduardo Michán and Ivonne Montaño
LEXOLOGY
In-Depth: Tax Disputes and Litigation – Edition 13
Denise Lester, Paola Yaber, Alejandro Madero, and Nayely George
CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS
Tax Controversy 2025
Global Practice Guide
Edson Uribe, Denise Lester, Paola Yaber, and Alejandro Madero
THOMSON REUTERS
Advertising: Overview (Mexico)
Irma Ross and Gilda Velázquez multidisciplinary
alicia’s expert Competition and Antitrust team, including partners Christian Lippert, Carlos Chávez, Juan Carlos Burgos, and Gerardo Rodríguez, contributed to the Mexico Trends & Developments chapter in the Chambers Merger Control 2025 Practice Guide, o ering key insights into recent changes in the country's antitrust landscape.
Their analysis focuses on the implications of Mexico’s December 2024 constitutional amendment to the Federal Competition Act (FCA) and the Federal Telecommunications Act, that transferred enforcement authority from COFECE to a newly created National Antitrust Commission (CNA), while assigning telecommunications and broadcasting oversight to the new Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Government Agency. According to the authors, some of the Bill’s most significant changes involve increased fines for substantive and procedural infringements, lower monetary thresholds for merger control, and shorter procedural timelines for investigations and merger review.
Gerardo Rodríguez Partner
Christian Lippert
Galicia | Chambers and Partners
Chambers Media & Entertainment Global Practice Guide
alicia’s expert Technology & Telecom team, including Ricardo Garcia, Xavier Careaga, Elisa Femat, and Diego Leal, contributed to the Law & Practice and Trends & Developments chapters of the Chambers Global Practice Guide: Media & Entertainment.
In the L&P chapter, the authors examine Mexico’s accelerating shift toward digital innovation and internet-powered media consumption. With business expanding across streaming platforms, short-form video, social media, gaming, interactive content, and reality TV, they identify emerging trends in deal-making: increasingly diverse deal structures, more cross-border activity, and new financing models. Meanwhile, regulatory regimes in tax, IP, AI, antitrust, data privacy, and talent management are racing to keep pace with the transformed media industry, and are expected to evolve further.
In the T&D chapter, the team explores the key legal developments and practical challenges currently transforming Mexico’s media & entertainment sector. Focusing on the intersection of content, technology, and regulation, they o er straightforward, actionable insights for companies and creators navigating a rapidly evolving industry. With the establishment of the Agency for Digital Transformation and Telecommunications (ADTT), the authors alert entertainment-tech businesses to be ready for new reporting obligations and operational requirements. Moreover, the introduction of the biometric CURP (Mexico’s national identity code) may introduce friction into entertainment user experience, particularly in subscription-based models.
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alicia’s expert Antitrust team, including partners Christian Lippert, Carlos Chávez, Juan Carlos Burgos, Gerardo Rodríguez, along with TMT/AI counsel Xavier Careaga, contributed to create the 2nd edition of Lexology’s Data & Antitrust Guide.
The article is titled, “Mexico: expansion of digital markets calls for harmonisation of data and antitrust laws” and provides an overview of the regulation of data in Mexico and its protection. They also describe various laws that pertain to the protection of data and antitrust such as the Federal Economic Competition Law and Personal Data Protection Law. The article concludes by discussing relevant antitrust cases in specific industries like energy, financial, retail, and technology.
Gerardo Rodríguez Partner
Christian Lippert
Galicia | Chambers and Partners Digital Healthcare 2025 Global Practice Guide
alicia’s Expert Life Sciences team, including partners Bernardo MartínezNegrete, Lisandro Herrera, and associate Martha Contreras, contributed to both of Mexico’s Law & Practice and Trends & Developments sections in the Chambers Digital Healthcare 2025 Global Practice Guide.
In the Law & Practice section, the team explores how Mexico governs digital healthcare through a combination of general health, data privacy, and medical device regulations. It covers the classification of medical software under NOM-241, requirements for telemedicine services—including licensing and facility standards—and how existing legal frameworks apply to digital platforms, data handling, and advertising.
Regarding the Trends & Developments section, Mexico is seeing rapid growth in telemedicine, electronic prescriptions, and cloud-based health records. The article discusses proposed legislative changes aimed at creating a clearer framework for digital health, along with regulatory developments surrounding Software as a Medical Device and interoperability initiatives.
Martínez-Negrete
alicia’s Life Sciences partners, Bernardo Martínez-Negrete, Carlos Obregón, and Lisandro Herrera executed Mexico’s Law & Practice and Trends & Developments sections of the Chambers and Partners Healthcare M&A 2025 Global Practice Guide.
In the Law & Practice section, the team covers market trends, establishing a new company, IPO as a liquidity event, sale as a liquidity event, spin-o s, acquisitions of listed healthcare companies, regulatory requirements, recent legal developments, and due diligence.
In the Trends & Developments section of the collaboration, the team provides an overview of Mexico’s healthcare industry and dives into sectors of interest, authorizations, and common findings and risks within regulatory due diligence.
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Bernardo Martínez-Negrete Partner
Healthcare M&A
Galicia is, above all, a talent-oriented firm where human quality is the cornerstone. We firmly believe in advising clients across multiple disciplines, o ering subject-matter expertise, and nurturing our talent, all of which lead to greater results and impact in key sectors and countries.
alicia’s Corporate Tax team of experts, including partner Eduardo Michán and associate Ivonne Montaño, co-authored Mexico’s section of the 9th edition of Lexology’s In-Depth: Transfer Pricing publication.
The document summarizes Mexico’s transfer pricing regulations as of June 2025, outlining rules for related-party transactions, required documentation, annual filings, and the application of transfer pricing methods. It also covers audit procedures, dispute resolution options, penalties, and Mexico’s alignment with international standards and the arm’s-length principle.
In-Depth: Tax Disputes and Litigation
Edition 13
alicia’s Tax team, including partners Denise Lester and Paola Yaber, and associates Alejandro Madero and Nayely George, authored Mexico’s section of the 13th edition of Lexology’s Tax Disputes and Litigation Guide.
The chapter covers how Mexico’s tax dispute and litigation landscape is evolving, with authorities increasingly using informal requests and formal audits to boost tax collection, while taxpayers have several administrative and judicial remedies to challenge assessments and penalties. Recent legal developments include expanded alternative dispute resolution options, stricter requirements for challenging refund denials, and new court rulings on invoice cancellations and information requests from financial institutions.
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Nayely George Associate
Galicia | Chambers and Partners
Tax Controversy 2025 Global Practice Guide
alicia’s Tax team, including partners Edson Uribe, Denise Lester, Paola Yaber, and associate Alejandro Madero, collaborated on Mexico’s Trends & Developments section of the Tax Controversy 2025 Global Practice Guide.
The team focuses on the evolution and judicial challenges of local "green taxes," the unconstitutionality of restrictions on the cancellation of digital tax invoices (CFDIs), and ongoing controversies regarding the application of the 0% Value Added Tax (VAT) rate to export services. It highlights significant court rulings, constitutional challenges, and regulatory issues, emphasizing the complexity and evolving nature of tax law and dispute resolution in Mexico, as well as the increasing evidentiary burdens placed on taxpayers in disputes with tax authorities.
alicia’s multidisciplinary team, which includes Irma Ross (Intellectual Property associate), and Gilda Velázquez (Administrative Litigation associate), collaborated on Thomson Reuters’ publication that discusses advertising in Mexico.
The team provides a comprehensive overview of advertising laws and regulations in Mexico, highlighting the key legal frameworks, self-regulatory bodies, and industry standards that govern advertising practices. It covers essential topics such as truthful advertising, claims substantiation, required disclosures, and specific rules for online, outdoor, and child-directed advertising.
The document also outlines procedures for handling consumer complaints, potential penalties for non-compliance, and the protection of intellectual property rights in advertising. Special attention is given to industry-specific regulations, including those for health products, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco, ensuring that businesses understand their obligations to maintain transparency, accuracy, and consumer protection in all advertising activities.
Irma Ross Associate
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