Arias y Meurinne, SC

Arias y Meurinne provides original, straightforward and solid solutions to the most complex litigation and consultation problems regarding tax, administrative and constitutional law trusted to the firm by its international and national clientele. The firm is known in the Mexican legal market as a provider of solutions in litigation of cases that others consider lost.

The firm: The firm was founded in 2007 by Pedro Arias and Luis Meurinne, who had provided legal services in other top-tier law firms in Mexico. The main goal when creating the firm was to combine the expertise that Mr Arias has in the litigation arena with the deep planning and consultation knowledge that Mr Meurinne possesses.

Arias y Meurinne has been recognized with several awards during the past two years: M&A Awards 2015 Corporate LiveWire – ‘Most Outstanding in Complex Litigation Advisory (Mexico)’; Finance Montly Law Awards 2015 – ‘Tax Litigator of the Year’; M&A Global Awards 2015 – ‘Tax Litigator of the Year’ (Mexico); ACQ Global Awards 2015 – (Mexico) ‘Tax Litigation Law Firm of the Year’; M&A Awards 2015 – ‘Antitrust Law Firm of the Year (Mexico)’ and ‘Sustained Excellence in Complex Litigation 2015’; Corporate LiveWire’s 2015 Legal Awards – ‘Litigation Law Firm of the Year (Mexico)’; Global 100 2015 – ‘Tax Litigator of The Year (Mexico)’; Legal Awards 2015 Acquisition International – ‘Best for International Tax Litigation (Mexico)’; Acquisition International 2016 Tax Awards – ‘Tax Law Firm of the year (Mexico)’; ICFM-2016 Country Awards – ‘Tax Litigation Law Firm of the Year (Mexico)’; Legal Comprehensive.com 2016 Law Awards – ‘Tax Litigation Law Firm of the Year (Mexico)’.

Areas of practice: Arias y Meurinne creates unique solutions for unique legal problems.

The firm’s tax, administrative and constitutional litigation practice is built around four partners, each of them with at least 20 years of experience in court and who personally develop and implement the best possible legal strategies to increase clients’ possibilities of success. Since the firm participates in an average of 500-plus high-profile tax, administrative and constitutional cases every year, some of them even make headline news.

The firm counsels an important number of Fortune 500 and Expansion 500 Companies in Mexico, including litigation of cases that are material from an economic point of view, mustering one of the highest winning percentages in Mexico. Regarding tax planning the firm offers counseling considering the FIN 48 guidelines and taking into account the new international BEPS rules.