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Business Trust Agreement Mexico (Contrato de Fideicomiso de Negocio)

Contrato de Fideicomiso de Negocio México

CONTRATO DE FIDEICOMISO DE NEGOCIO

Conforme a los Artículos 381 a 414 de la Ley General de Títulos y Operaciones de Crédito (LGTOC)

I. PARTES

En [Execution City], a [Execution Date].

Ante el [Notario Público], comparecen:

FIDEICOMITENTE (CONSTITUYENTE):

[Fideicomitente Name], RFC: [Fideicomitente RFC], con domicilio en [Fideicomitente Address], representado por [Fideicomitente Legal Representative].

FIDUCIARIA (INSTITUCIÓN TRUSTEE):

[Fiduciaria Name], RFC: [Fiduciaria RFC], con Autorización Fiduciaria [CNBV Authorisation Number], representada por [Fiduciaria Representative].

FIDEICOMISARIO DE PRIMER ORDEN (BENEFICIARIO PRINCIPAL):

[Primary Beneficiary], RFC: [Fideicomisario RFC].

FIDEICOMISARIO DE SEGUNDO ORDEN (BENEFICIARIO CONTINGENTE):

[Contingent Beneficiary].

II. DECLARACIONES

2.1 El FIDEICOMITENTE declara ser propietario legítimo de los bienes y derechos descritos en la Cláusula IV del presente instrumento, con plena capacidad jurídica para transferirlos al presente fideicomiso.

2.2 La FIDUCIARIA declara estar debidamente autorizada por la Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) para actuar como fiduciaria conforme al Artículo 395 de la LGTOC.

2.3 Las partes convienen en celebrar el presente Contrato de Fideicomiso de Negocio, cuyo número de fideicomiso es [Trust Number], conforme a las disposiciones de los Artículos 381 a 414 de la Ley General de Títulos y Operaciones de Crédito.

III. FIN DEL FIDEICOMISO

3.1 El presente fideicomiso es de naturaleza: [Fideicomiso Type].

3.2 El fin del fideicomiso, conforme al Artículo 381 LGTOC, es el siguiente:

[Trust Purpose Description]

3.3 El presente fideicomiso tendrá una vigencia de: [Trust Term].

IV. PATRIMONIO FIDEICOMITIDO

4.1 El FIDEICOMITENTE transmite a la FIDUCIARIA, para integrar el patrimonio separado del presente fideicomiso conforme al Artículo 381 LGTOC, los siguientes bienes y derechos:

[Trust Assets Description]

4.2 Valor estimado total del patrimonio fideicomitido: [Trust Assets Value].

4.3 Los bienes y derechos descritos quedan separados del patrimonio personal del FIDEICOMITENTE y constituyen un patrimonio separado (patrimonio fideicomitido) que no responde por las deudas del FIDEICOMITENTE ni de la FIDUCIARIA, salvo las excepciones legales aplicables.

V. FACULTADES Y OBLIGACIONES DE LA FIDUCIARIA

5.1 Facultades de administración conferidas a la FIDUCIARIA:

[Administration Powers]

5.2 Restricciones y prohibiciones de la FIDUCIARIA:

[Fiduciaria Restrictions]

5.3 La FIDUCIARIA ejercerá sus facultades con plena diligencia y exclusivamente en beneficio de los FIDEICOMISARIOS y para el cumplimiento del fin del fideicomiso, conforme al deber fiduciario establecido en el Artículo 391 LGTOC.

VII. HONORARIOS FIDUCIARIOS Y ESTRUCTURA FISCAL

7.1 Comisión fiduciaria: [Fiduciaria Commission].

7.2 Estructura fiscal del presente fideicomiso: [Tax Structure].

7.3 La FIDUCIARIA registrará el presente fideicomiso ante el Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT) bajo su RFC fiduciario correspondiente, en términos del Artículo 32-B del Código Fiscal de la Federación.

VIII. EXTINCIÓN DEL FIDEICOMISO

El presente fideicomiso se extinguirá por: (a) cumplimiento del fin; (b) vencimiento del plazo; (c) acuerdo escrito de las partes; (d) imposibilidad legal o material del fin; o (e) causas previstas en el Artículo 392 LGTOC. A la extinción, la FIDUCIARIA transferirá los activos remanentes a los FIDEICOMISARIOS o al FIDEICOMITENTE según se establezca en el acuerdo de extinción.

IX. FIRMAS

FIDEICOMITENTE:

[Fideicomitente Name]

Firma: _________________________ RFC: [Fideicomitente RFC]

FIDUCIARIA:

[Fiduciaria Name]

Representante: [Fiduciaria Representative]

Firma: _________________________

FIDEICOMISARIO DE PRIMER ORDEN:

[Primary Beneficiary]

Firma: _________________________ RFC: [Fideicomisario RFC]

Fe de Notario Público: [Notario Público]

Settlor (Fideicomitente)

________________

Signature

Trustee Institution (Fiduciaria)

________________

Signature

Primary Beneficiary (Fideicomisario de Primer Orden)

________________

Signature

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What Is a Business Trust Agreement Mexico (Contrato de Fideicomiso de Negocio)?

A Business Trust Agreement Mexico (Contrato de Fideicomiso de Negocio) is a legal arrangement governed by Articles 381 through 414 of the Ley General de Títulos y Operaciones de Crédito (LGTOC) by which the fideicomitente (settlor) transfers specified assets — real property, equipment, shares, intellectual property rights, cash, or contractual rights — to a fiduciaria (trustee), which must be a Mexican credit institution authorised by the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) under the Ley de Instituciones de Crédito (LIC), for the benefit of one or more fideicomisarios (beneficiaries), for a defined purpose aligned with permitted Mexican law objectives.

The Mexican fideicomiso is not a legal entity — unlike common law trusts, it does not create a separate juridical person. Instead, under Article 381 LGTOC, the fideicomiso creates a patrimonio separado (separate estate) — assets transferred to the fideicomiso leave the settlor's patrimony and are held by the fiduciaria in a ring-fenced trust estate, isolated from both the fiduciaria's own assets and the settlor's remaining assets. This patrimonio separado protects the trust assets from claims by the settlor's creditors (acreedores del fideicomitente) and from the fiduciaria's own creditors — a critical feature for business asset protection, project finance, and succession planning.

Article 395 LGTOC establishes that only credit institutions (instituciones de crédito), bonding companies (instituciones de fianzas), insurance companies (instituciones de seguros) with fiduciary authorisation, and certain brokerage houses (casas de bolsa) with CNBV authorisation may serve as fiduciarias in Mexico. The Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público (SHCP) and CNBV jointly supervise fiduciary activities. Leading fiduciary institutions in Mexico include Banco Nacional de México (Banamex), BBVA México (Bancomer), Banco Santander México, HSBC México, and Scotiabank México — all of which maintain dedicated fiduciaria divisions with standardised fideicomiso documentation and administration platforms.

Business fideicomisos in Mexico serve diverse commercial purposes. Fideicomiso de garantía (guarantee trust) under Articles 395–407 LGTOC allows a borrower to transfer business assets — accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, real property — to a fiduciaria as security for a loan, with the fiduciaria authorised to sell the assets upon the borrower's default without requiring a full judicial foreclosure process. Fideicomiso de administración (administration trust) manages operating assets, real estate, or investment portfolios for the benefit of business partners (socios) or shareholders (accionistas). Fideicomiso testamentario (testamentary trust) ensures orderly business succession upon the death of the primary shareholder under Article 400 LGTOC. Fideicomiso inmobiliario (real estate trust) structures real estate development projects with the fiduciaria holding title, receiving investment capital, and managing construction and sale proceeds.

For foreign investors, the fideicomiso inmobiliario bancario is the mandatory ownership structure for real property in Mexico's zona restringida — the 50-kilometre coastal strip and 100-kilometre border strip defined in Article 27 of the Constitución Política — under the Ley de Inversión Extranjera and its regulations. The Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE) authorises each fideicomiso inmobiliario for foreign beneficiaries through permit number, typically issued within 15 business days.

Tax treatment of business fideicomisos depends on the trust type. Under the Ley del Impuesto sobre la Renta (LISR) Article 13, the fideicomiso de actividades empresariales is treated as a fiscal transparent entity — income and deductions flow through to the fideicomisarios who report them on their own ISR returns using their RFC. CFDI (Comprobante Fiscal Digital por Internet) requirements apply to all commercial transactions conducted through the fideicomiso. The Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT) maintains specific reporting obligations for fiduciaria institutions under the Código Fiscal de la Federación (CFF) Article 32-B, including disclosure of fideicomisarios' RFC data.

When Do You Need a Business Trust Agreement Mexico (Contrato de Fideicomiso de Negocio)?

A Business Trust Agreement Mexico is needed when a business owner, commercial enterprise, or group of investors wishes to achieve asset protection, structured administration, financing, or succession planning through a legally recognised, CNBV-supervised structure that creates a ring-fenced estate separate from the fideicomitente's personal or corporate patrimony under Articles 381–414 of the Ley General de Títulos y Operaciones de Crédito.

The agreement is required when a business seeks secured financing from Mexican banks or development banks (instituciones de banca de desarrollo) such as Nacional Financiera (NAFIN), Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior (BANCOMEXT), or Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos (BANOBRAS). Lenders routinely require a fideicomiso de garantía over the borrower's key business assets — real estate, machinery, accounts receivable — as a condition of credit, because the non-judicial enforcement mechanism under Article 403 LGTOC significantly reduces lender risk compared to traditional mortgage (hipoteca) or pledge (prenda) security interests that require judicial foreclosure.

The Business Trust Agreement is needed when real estate developers (desarrolladores inmobiliarios) structured as a sociedad anónima de capital variable (S.A. de C.V.) wish to separate project assets from corporate assets and offer investors (inversionistas fideicomisarios) a direct beneficial interest in a specific real estate project rather than equity in the developer's corporate balance sheet. This fideicomiso inmobiliario structure is standard for residential developments (desarrollos habitacionales), commercial parks (parques comerciales), and industrial warehouse projects (naves industriales) throughout Mexico.

The fideicomiso is needed when business partners or family shareholders wish to create an orderly succession mechanism for a closely held empresa familiar (family business) — the fideicomiso testamentario or fideicomiso de administración and sucesión designates beneficiary tiers (fideicomisarios de primer y segundo orden), establishes operating rules for the business during the transition period, and avoids the delays and publicity of succession through the Juzgado Familiar (family court's inheritance procedure), which can take one to three years.

Foreign investors acquiring real property in the zona restringida under Ley de Inversión Extranjera Article 11 must structure acquisition through a fideicomiso bancario with a CNBV-authorised fiduciaria — the foreign buyer becomes the fideicomisario with full rights to use, enjoy, and dispose of the property, while the fiduciaria holds legal title for the 50-year renewable trust term.

Under LGTOC arts. 381–414 and the LISR fiscal transparency rules, the fideicomiso de actividades empresariales is also the preferred structure for joint ventures between Mexican and foreign investors in regulated sectors — energy, mining, telecommunications — where direct foreign ownership faces restrictions but participation as fideicomisario in a trust holding the operating assets complies with Ley de Inversión Extranjera percentage caps.

What to Include in Your Business Trust Agreement Mexico (Contrato de Fideicomiso de Negocio)

A valid Business Trust Agreement Mexico under Articles 381–414 of the LGTOC and CNBV fiduciary operating regulations must contain the following essential elements to be effective and to satisfy fiduciaria, SAT, and CNBV requirements.

Identification of All Parties: Full legal name, RFC, registered domicilio, and legal representative details for the fideicomitente (settlor), the fiduciaria (trustee institution) with its CNBV fiduciary authorization number, and all fideicomisarios (beneficiaries) including their RFC numbers for SAT reporting purposes. Corporate fideicomitentes must provide the company's folio mercantil from the Registro Público de Comercio and the representative's notarially certified poder notarial para actos de dominio, as transfer of assets to the fideicomiso requires actos de dominio authority.

Fideicomiso Purpose (Fin del Fideicomiso): A precise, legally valid statement of the purpose of the trust — fideicomiso de garantía, fideicomiso de administración, fideicomiso de inversión inmobiliaria (FIBRA), fideicomiso testamentario, or mixed purpose. Article 381 LGTOC requires the purpose to be lawful (lícito) and possible (posible). Prohibited purposes include those contrary to public order, good morals, or applicable law — including purposes designed to defraud creditors (fraude de acreedores) in violation of Article 2163 of the Código Civil Federal.

Description of Fideicomiso Assets (Patrimonio Fideicomitido): A detailed inventory and legal description of all assets transferred to the trust estate — real property (with Registro Público de la Propiedad folio real), machinery and equipment (with serial numbers and appraisal values), shares in personas morales (with corporate name, RFC, share class, and certificate numbers), intellectual property rights (with IMPI registration numbers), bank accounts or investment portfolios (with account numbers and institution names), or contractual rights (with contract identification). Transfer of real property to a fideicomiso requires a notarial deed (escritura pública) by a notario público and inscription in the Registro Público de la Propiedad — LGTOC Article 388.

Fiduciaria Powers and Obligations: Detailed specification of the fiduciaria's authority — investment powers (poderes de inversión) for cash assets, administration powers for operating assets, execution powers for guarantee trusts, and distribution powers for beneficiary payments. Under Article 391 LGTOC, the fiduciaria must exercise its powers for the exclusive benefit of the fideicomisarios and the stated trust purpose — the fiduciaria has a fiduciary duty (deber fiduciario) of care and loyalty that cannot be contracted away.

Fideicomisario Rights and Priority: Identification of primary beneficiaries (fideicomisarios de primer orden) and contingent beneficiaries (fideicomisarios de segundo orden), their respective beneficial interests (percentages or specific asset allocations), and conditions for distribution. Under Article 384 LGTOC, a person may be both fideicomitente and fideicomisario — a business owner can transfer assets to the trust and remain the beneficial owner during their lifetime.

Fideicomiso Term: The agreed duration of the trust — under Article 394 LGTOC, commercial fideicomisos may not exceed 50 years unless the fideicomisario is a legal entity, in which case the 50-year limit applies only to the specific trust purpose relating to real property in the zona restringida. Business administration trusts may be structured with indefinite terms for private parties.

Fiduciaria Fees: The fiduciaria institution's fee schedule — typically an annual commission (comisión fiduciaria) of 0.10% to 0.50% of the value of fideicomiso assets plus IVA (16%), paid quarterly from the trust estate. Fee schedules are negotiated with the fiduciaria and set out in an Addendum to the Agreement.

Tax Structure: Express allocation of ISR, IVA, and IETU obligations — under LISR Article 13, the fideicomiso's income, deductions, and tax credits are allocated pro rata to fideicomisarios who include them in their personal ISR declarations. The fiduciaria is required to issue CFDIs and maintain the fideicomiso's accounting records for SAT reporting.

Forms-legal.com provides this Business Trust Agreement Mexico template as a structural guide. Fideicomisos require notarisation, CNBV-authorised fiduciaria participation, and often Registro Público de la Propiedad registration — every Business Trust Agreement must be reviewed and executed by a notario público and the designated fiduciaria institution before it takes legal effect.

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