Joel Gonzalez Lopez

Joel Gonzalez Lopez serves as counsel in the International Practice Group at Haynes Boone, SC in Mexico City. His practice focuses on providing corporate and tax legal advice to companies in Mexico, including corporate and regulatory compliance, corporate tax matters, foreign investment and antitrust regulations, internal investigations, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, contracts and regulatory issues in general.

Joel also has represented clients in complex internal investigations and regulatory compliance matters, as well as cross-border transactional and M&A work.

Additionally, Joel has been involved in corporate, contractual and tax strategies developed for both domestic and international corporations, the design and implementation of efficient corporate structures that involve international estate planning, international tax and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. His practice focuses on Mexico investment structures, cross-border transactions, tax treaty planning, withholding obligations and reporting compliance on domestic and international transactions.

Additionally, Joel has been involved in conducting internal investigations and due diligence research on regulatory compliance issues, as well as cross-border transactional and M&A work.

He also represents clients before tax authorities in national and international disputes, as well as fiscal and administrative litigation. Joel has experience in the elaboration of defense remedies to demonstrate the unconstitutionality of the diverse tax reforms, successfully defending the interests of their clients.