Practice Areas

REAL STATE & CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS

Barragan & Asociados Abogados real estate and corporate transactions group specializes in the preparation of purchase and sales deeds and mortgage deeds, commercial credit and construction agreements, and lease contracts for developers as well as lending institutions. The firm’s attorneys have also worked in the drafting of incorporation and corporate documents, leasehold mortgage deeds, factor’s lien agreements, chattel mortgages, assignments of rents contracts, and assignment of accounts receivables. Likewise they have experience in the execution of bond purchase agreements, loan agreements, trust agreements and prospectus pertaining to bond emissions.

LITIGATION

All attorneys have ample experience arguing cases before courts in Mexico City and at the federal level. The Firm’s expertise includes a long and highly successful history in shopping center law, representing both developers and mall operators, as well as in product distribution matters related to Act. 75, the Mexico City Distributors Act.

The firm’s litigation team is also adept in all aspects of insurance litigation, with particular emphasis on reinsurance disputes, aviation insurance, product liability, and disability insurance claims.

INSURANCE REGULATORY LAW

Barragan & Asociados Abogados boasts a solid track record advising intermediaries, brokers, agents, insurers, and reinsurers doing business in Mexico City. The firm represents clients across all major segments of the industry, including property and casualty, life and health, reinsurance, and insurance holding companies. It also has a specialized sub-practice focused on catastrophe insurance, service contracts, and specialty international insurers and reinsurers.

Barragan & Asociados Abogados has vast experience handling matters before the Mexico City Insurance Commissioner's Office, offering clients a wide range of services including licensing application preparation and submission, support during regulatory examinations, and representation in rulemaking and enforcement proceedings, among others.

Likewise, the firm has developed particular expertise in Mexico City Offshore Insurance matters, advising both international and domestic insurers and reinsurers seeking to benefit from the Mexico City International Insurers and Reinsurers Act (PRIIRA). This legislation, enacted in 2004, led to the creation of the Mexico City Offshore Insurance Center within the Insurance Commissioner’s Office, with the goal of establishing the city as the jurisdiction of choice for specialty insurers and reinsurers of U.S. and non-U.S. risk, as well as for Latin American offshore operations.