Nearshoring expansions fail or succeed on execution. The difference is an operating model that aligns governance, contracting, and cross-border workstreams to a real timeline. Hiro Law supports companies expanding across the US-Mexico corridor with the structure and documentation required to move quickly and scale with control.
Key Services
- Entry and operating model planning for US-Mexico expansion and nearshoring
- Governance and authority framework to support execution across entities and jurisdictions
- Key commercial agreements for operations, including manufacturing, supply, and logistics arrangements as applicable
- Risk allocation and dispute-avoidance terms designed for real operations
- Coordination of tax, regulatory, and compliance workstreams tied to the expansion timeline
- Cross-border diligence and compliance checks (FCPA and sanctions where relevant)
- Implementation readiness for the first 90 to 180 days, including priorities and deliverables
Selected Experience
- Advised a U.S. cosmetics company establishing a new operating footprint in Mexico, building the execution timeline across advisors, clarifying operational responsibilities, and delivering an operating model from launch planning through export readiness and U.S. market rollout.
- Advised a Mexico-based company serving U.S. customers on obtaining IMMEX certification, coordinating tax and foreign investment workstreams and restructuring supplier and logistics terms to reduce friction and mitigate tariff-driven cash flow pressure.
- Advised a U.S. company expanding Mexico operations, including built-to-suit arrangements with industrial developers, contract risk allocation, and coordination of tax, regulatory, compliance, and employment workstreams tied to the expansion calendar.
- Advised a U.S. fintech on establishing Mexico operations, including a governance reset across entities, authority and approvals mapping, and a first 90 to 180 day execution plan designed to reduce HQ-Mexico friction and keep implementation on track.
- Advised a California-based investor group on establishing a shared services center in Mexico, including supplier localization, cross-border tax workstream coordination, and compliance readiness planning, including FCPA and sanctions considerations where relevant.
- Advised a U.S. investment firm on the acquisition of Mexico-based coastal operating assets tied to a development timeline, navigating foreign investment approvals and regulatory workstreams to support a time-sensitive closing and implementation plan.