COVID-19 – Quick Reference Guide to Newsflashes


On March 30, 2020, the National Health Council published a decree in the Official Federal Gazette (the “DOF”) pursuant to which it declared the epidemic generated by the COVID-19 disease as a state of sanitary emergency due to force majeure and authorized the Ministry of Health to determine the actions deemed necessary to address such emergency. On March 31, 2020, the Ministry of Health published a decree in the DOF whereby, mainly, it ordered the immediate suspension, from March 30th to April 30, 2020 (the “Contingency Period”), of all non-essential activities in the public, social and private sectors. On April 21, 2020, the Ministry of Health published a decree in the DOF whereby, among others, it extended the Contingency Period and therefore the suspension of the non-essential activities until May 30, 2020. Below you will find a reference to the different Newsflashes we have published and the link to review the same.

GENERAL

CAPITAL MARKETS

BANKING AND FINANCE 

TAX 

COMPLIANCE, ANTI-CORRUPTION AND INVESTIGATIONS 

COMPETITION AND ANTITRUST