Government & Regulatory Affairs in Mexico

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• The Foreign Investment Law (Ley de Inversión Extranjera) is the federal statute governing foreign investment; its last amendment listed by the Chamber of Deputies was published in the Official Gazette (DOF) on 27 May 2024.

  Federal law; content of the law (sector restrictions, registration duties) not confirmed.Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión · checked 2026-10-19

• A decree published in the DOF on 20 March 2025 issued a new Federal Law on the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties (LFPDPPP), together with a new general transparency law and a new general law on personal data held by public bodies.

  Private-sector data protection; the competent authority, transfer rules and sanctions under the new law could not be confirmed.Diario Oficial de la Federación (via Cámara de Diputados) · checked 2026-10-19

• The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), a decentralised body, is the administrative authority for industrial property.

  LFPPI art. 5 (2020 text). The 3 April 2026 reform is not shown in this source.Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión · checked 2026-10-19

• Competition law is enforced by the Comisión Nacional Antimonopolio, a decentralised public body of the federal administration with its own legal personality and technical and operational independence.

  Ley Federal de Competencia Económica, art. 10, as reformed (last reform DOF 14 November 2025).Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión · checked 2026-10-19

• A Mexican company with foreign shareholders may acquire real estate in the restricted zone directly for non-residential purposes, subject to notifying the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

  Mexican-incorporated companies with foreign investment acquiring property in the restricted zone.AI-written, not source-checked

• Ejido and communal land is governed by the Agrarian Law and cannot be bought like ordinary private land; it must first go through agrarian procedures, such as conversion to full private ownership, before it can be freely transferred.

  Land held under the agrarian (ejido and communal) regime.AI-written, not source-checked

• Between 2024 and 2025 Mexico restructured its energy and telecommunications regulators, replacing former constitutionally autonomous bodies with bodies inside the federal administration and issuing new sector laws.

  Federal sector regulation in energy and telecommunications.AI-written, not source-checked

• Banco de México is the autonomous central bank responsible for monetary policy and the payment systems, while the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV) supervises banks and other financial entities, including their AML compliance.

  Federal financial regulators.AI-written, not source-checked

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