Cross-border Mexican-law desk
Mexican law, handled with certainty, on the U.S. side of the border.
Through 109 International Services, Alan F. Munro — a registered Foreign Legal Consultant — gives U.S. attorneys, companies, investors, and families a single, reliable source of Mexican-law guidance, grounded in the public faith (fe pública) vested by the Mexican State.
The problem we solve
Mexican deals fail on the Mexican side. That is the side we own.
A property in the restricted zone, a Mexican subsidiary, an inheritance across the border, a permit, an AML filing — each turns on Mexican law and Mexican formalities. We are the fixed point that gives that side legal certainty and enforceability, and we coordinate cleanly with the U.S. counsel and advisors you already trust. Your U.S. matters stay with them; the Mexican matter is settled by us.
Practice areas
Mexican-law advisory, end to end.
Everything below is advice and coordination under the law of Mexico — designed to work alongside your U.S. counsel.
Real Estate & Fideicomiso
Acquire and hold Mexican property — including restricted-zone coastal property through a bank trust (fideicomiso) — with clear title, the right structure, and correct tax treatment at transfer.
Environmental Compliance & Permitting
Regulatory strategy, impact authorizations, and permitting for projects in Mexico — anchored in first-hand federal enforcement experience as a former PROFEPA official.
Corporate Structuring
Form and govern Mexican entities, structure cross-border investments and transactions, and keep the vehicle compliant with Mexican corporate law.
Succession & Estate Planning
Plan and settle Mexican assets across borders — wills, inheritance, and coordination with your U.S. estate plan so nothing falls between the two systems.
AML Compliance
Navigate Mexico's anti-money-laundering (vulnerable-activities) regime for transactions and entities — identification, filings, and controls that hold up.
Who we serve
Built for the people who carry the risk.
A dependable Mexican-law partner for your client's cross-border matter — you keep the relationship and the U.S. work.
Entities, transactions, permits and compliance on the Mexican side, run by someone who has sat on the regulator's side of the table.
Structure Mexican real estate and ventures to hold up and exit cleanly, with the tax treatment understood up front.
Buy, hold, and pass on Mexican property across generations — with wills, trusts and title handled the way Mexican law requires.
How cross-border works
Originate and coordinate here. Execute in Mexico.
The U.S. office originates and coordinates the matter; the legal instrument governed by Mexican law is formalized in Mexico, under Mexican credential, with public faith.
Intake & referral
You — U.S. counsel or client — bring the cross-border matter. We scope the Mexican-law question fast.
Mexican-law diagnosis
We assess the legal and tax dimension under Mexican law, and flag what your U.S. advisors must handle.
Structure & coordinate
Fideicomiso, entity, estate plan, permit or AML pathway is designed and coordinated with your team.
Execute in Mexico
Instruments are formalized in Mexico under Mexican credential — Notaría 109, with fe pública and conclusive evidentiary force.
The standing behind the desk
Not an opinion. Fe pública.
- ◆Fe pública — public faith
As Notario Público 109 of the State of Sonora — a competitive appointment vested with public faith (fe pública) — Alan is the impartial public authority that turns private agreements into public instruments with conclusive evidentiary force, giving the transaction legal certainty. - ◆A former federal regulator
As head of PROFEPA's Sonora delegation he led 72 staff and the largest state-delegation budget among Mexico's 32 states — then directed the State's health-risk regulation. He has enforced the rules he now helps clients meet. - ◆Business fluency
An Executive MBA from Kellogg (Northwestern), plus master’s degrees in business law, environmental policy & law, and tax law — and a law degree (LLB) — from Mexican universities. Law read through the lens of the deal. - ◆In good standing
A registered Foreign Legal Consultant with the State Bar of Arizona (Rule 38(b)), and in good standing with the Sonora Bar Association and Mexico's National College of the Notariat.
Who advises you
An attorney licensed in Mexico, a Kellogg MBA, and a former federal regulator.
Alan F. Munro is an attorney licensed in Mexico and a registered Foreign Legal Consultant with the State Bar of Arizona, authorized under Arizona Supreme Court Rule 38(b) to advise on the law of Mexico. He built his practice to do one thing exceptionally well: give U.S. attorneys, companies, investors, and families a single, trustworthy source of Mexican-law guidance for cross-border matters, coordinated from Arizona and executed in Mexico.
At the center of that practice is public faith (fe pública), which the Mexican state vests in a select few attorneys. As Notario Público 109 of the State of Sonora, a competitive appointment, Munro is the impartial public authority that gives private real-estate, corporate, and estate transactions legal certainty. He controls their legality, confers authenticity and enforceability, and turns private agreements into public instruments that carry conclusive evidentiary force and bind third parties. He also acts as the withholding and remittance agent for taxes triggered by those transactions. His practice handles roughly 3,600 transactions a year with a team of fifteen, serving real-estate developers, banks, corporate clients, U.S. law firms, and cross-border investors.
His judgment was formed in government. As the top federal environmental enforcement official in Sonora (Delegado, PROFEPA), he led 72 staff and the largest state budget among Mexico's 32 states, overseeing mining, forestry, tourism, protected lands, and 1,200 kilometers of coastline. He later directed health-risk regulation for the State of Sonora and, earlier, co-founded an environmental law firm serving U.S. investors on the Puerto Peñasco coast. Across these roles he has resolved multimillion-dollar cross-border disputes, broken multi-agency regulatory deadlocks, and led organizations through crisis. That regulatory background now anchors his environmental-compliance and permitting advisory for cross-border projects in Mexico.
Munro holds an Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, along with a master's in business law, a master's in environmental policy, management and law, a master's in tax law, and a law degree (LLB) from Mexican universities. He is a member of the Barra Sonorense de Abogados and the Colegio Nacional del Notariado Mexicano, and is registered as a Foreign Legal Consultant with the State Bar of Arizona. He operates 109 International Services LLC in Arizona and keeps offices in Scottsdale, San Luis Río Colorado, and Hermosillo. A U.S. and Mexican citizen, bilingual and bicultural, he advises on Mexican law; he is not admitted to practice law in Arizona or the United States, and does not provide U.S. legal advice or prepare instruments affecting title to U.S. real estate.
Start a cross-border matter
Bring us the Mexican side.
Tell us about the property, entity, estate, or permit. We'll tell you what Mexican law requires and how we coordinate with your U.S. advisors.
16220 N. Scottsdale Rd, Suite 300
Scottsdale, Arizona 85254
Foreign Legal Consultant