Jaime Cortés

Of Counsel since 2013

Jaime’s professional experience encompasses diverse areas of commercial and financial law.

He has participated in a large number of sales transactions, mergers, tender offers, joint-ventures, and privately funded operations and asset securitization, representing all kinds of businesses and financial institutions and insurance companies and foreign nationals.

He has participated in over 160 arbitrations, both domestic and international, as an arbitrator or retained attorney.

+52 (55) 5201 7450
jcr@macf.com.mx
Languages
  • Spanish.
  • English.

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Education
  • MBA, Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, 1981.
  • Postgraduate studies in Comparative Law, The University of Mississippi, 1970.
  • Law Degree, Universidad Autónoma de México, 1968.
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May 5, 2026
On May 4, 2026, the President of Mexico announced immediate investment measures under the Plan México (the “Immediate Measures”). As part of these measures, the following instruments were published: (i) the Decree for the Immediate Authorization of Investments (“Immediate Authorization of Investments Decree”); (ii) the Decree establishing the Single Portal for Foreign Trade Procedures (“Single Portal Decree”); (iii) the Resolution issuing general criteria and operational guidelines for the promotion of productive investment and tax compliance (“Investment Promotion Resolution”); and (iv) the Resolution establishing simplification measures for procedures carried out before the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (“Simplification Resolution”). For more information on “Plan México”, access our client alert here.
May 4, 2026
On May 1, 2026, an amendment to the Federal Labor Law (“FLL”) regarding working hours (the “Amendment”) was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. In general terms, the Amendment introduces three key changes: the gradual reduction of the weekly working schedule to 40 hours, new rules regarding overtime, and the employer’s obligation to maintain an electronic timekeeping record.
April 23, 2026
On April 16, 2026, the National Energy Commission published the General Administrative Regulations for the Generation of Power under the Cogeneration Modality (the “Regulations”) in the Official Gazette of the Federation.