Contract Review in Mexico

Don't sign what you can't read

Mexican contracts are enforceable exactly as written, not as the broker summarized them over lunch. Signing a Spanish contract you didn't fully understand doesn't excuse you from it; it just means you agreed to terms you'll meet later, at the worst possible moment.

Contracts we review

• Purchase agreements (compraventa) and promissory contracts with deposits
• Leases, residential and commercial, both sides of the table
• Construction and remodeling agreements, where budgets go to die
• Service and supplier agreements for your Mexican operation

What you get

A clause-by-clause explanation in plain English, redlines ready to send back, the negotiation points ranked by what's actually winnable, and a call to walk through it. You'll know what you're signing, what you're conceding, and what to push back on, with language for the pushback included.

The clauses foreigners get wrong

After enough reviews, the same traps repeat: deposit forfeiture clauses that bind you but not the seller; penalty clauses (pena convencional) quietly set at amounts a court would never need to reduce because you already paid them; jurisdiction clauses sending disputes to courts a thousand kilometers from the property; delivery dates with no consequence for the developer and rigid ones for you; and the classic. A "notarized" private document the buyer believed was an escritura. It never is. If the deal involves property, pair the review with due diligence: a fair contract over a defective title is still a defective deal.

Frequently asked questions

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