Mexico City

Mexico City is IBG Legal’s second office, the firm’s base for corporate, tax, and federal regulatory work: representation before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, the SHCP, SAT, and the National Banking Commission. Real estate work in the capital sits inside that same practice: institutional and corporate investors acquiring residential or commercial property in Mexico City, where the restricted-zone rules under Article 27 of the Constitution do not apply, so acquisitions proceed by direct deed rather than fideicomiso, after the buyer files the required agreement with the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores.

Real estate lawyer in Mexico City

From the Mexico City office, IBG Legal represents corporate and institutional buyers in direct-deed acquisitions of residential and commercial real estate: contract review and negotiation, title and encumbrance due diligence, structuring the acquiring entity for tax and liability purposes, and coordinating the notarial closing and Public Registry filing. For institutional investors, the transaction is typically one piece of a larger structure (a Mexican holding vehicle, a trust for asset segregation, or a cross-border investment structure), and the real estate work is coordinated with the firm’s corporate and tax practice rather than handled in isolation.

Tax structuring is a standing part of the engagement: ISR on the transfer, IVA where construction is involved, and the city’s acquisition tax, together with the ongoing predial (property tax) exposure of holding real estate through a corporate vehicle. Where a transaction intersects with federal regulatory review (banking, foreign investment screening, or a SAT position on the structure), the same team that handles matters before SHCP, SAT, and CNBV manages the coordination directly.

Local authorities that shape a Mexico City deal

A purchase in the capital runs through the Public Registry of Property and Commerce of Mexico City for title and liens, the city Treasury for property tax and the acquisition tax, the Mexico City Water System for water-debt certificates, and the borough (alcaldía) where the property sits. For development, the zoning certificate that states what a parcel allows is now issued by the city’s Secretariat of Planning, Territorial Ordering and Metropolitan Coordination, while SEDUVI keeps other urban-development powers; depending on the project, an urban impact ruling and the construction filing follow. Condominium matters can involve the Procuraduría Social, civil disputes go to the Superior Court of Justice of Mexico City, and tax disputes to the Federal Court of Administrative Justice (TFJA).

Office in Mexico City

The office is at Bosque de Alisos 45-B, PB, Bosques de las Lomas, Cuajimalpa, 05120, Mexico City. The team works in Spanish, English, and French, with partner-level attention on every file. Complimentary initial fit assessment, subject to scope review.