5 Trends to Watch: 2025 Litigation & Arbitration — Mexico

1. Impact of Judicial Reform - The reorganization of the country's judiciary system could impact the quality and fairness of judicial decisions.
   
   
2. Reorganization of Governmental Bodies and Related Disputes - With the elimination of regulators and modification of state-owned companies, new dynamics are expected to emerge to benefit public policies in a variety of sectors, such as energy, telecommunications, and antitrust, that may require the execution of innovative defense strategies to defend private interests.
   
   
3. Increased Relevance of Mediated Settlement Agreements and Other Alternative Dispute Resolutions - Mediated settlement agreements and other alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms, such as negotiation, conciliation, and arbitration, will likely acquire a more relevant role in the resolution of conflicts - whether private or public. Parties will likely seek to enter into a settlement agreement before a private or public mediator, or other ADR mechanisms, so they may choose how to resolve their dispute or avoid submitting it to the courts. The benefit of a mediated settlement agreement is that it has the effect of res judicata between the parties, so the execution is immediate.
   
   
4. New National Code of Civil and Family Procedures - The new code seeks to standardize civil and family procedures throughout the country through a gradual application by April 2027. As a result, society and legal professionals may have to adapt to new civil processes. This code allows the use of new technological platforms to expedite legal activities.
   
   
5. Increase of Interim Measures - In recent years, the increase in the number of interim measures requested by individuals in civil and commercial proceedings has been granted more easily and frequently by judges - a trend that is expected to continue. Therefore, it will be important to know the effects and ways to fight them through the legal remedies available.

About the Authors:

Alejandro Ostos Fulda and Joselino Morales Lopez are shareholders, and Hugo Hernández, Mauricio Rueda Gutiérrez, Erick Peregrina J., and Miguel Saiz are associates in Greenberg Traurig LLP's Mexico City office, offering clients innovative, strategic advice and legal services that span both traditional fields and contemporary regulatory sectors. The office has more than 60 bilingual attorneys who have been contributors to major national projects in Mexico and leverage the resources and reach of the firm's global platform to provide clients with tailored legal services reflective of the specific industry and market conditions in which they operate. The Mexico City office is an integral part of the firm's award-winning Latin America Practice, and has been recognized with leading competition, corporate, M&A, compliance, infrastructure, real estate, privacy, energy, administrative litigation, and banking practices in Mexico.