Algunos extranjeros que demandan pagos de deudas no pagadas o deudas vencidas en México ven la cobranza de deudas ese país como complicada, impráctica o incluso imposible.
Otros, por el contrario, tal vez subestimen los desafíos que se pueden encontrar ya que comparan la relativa facilidad y simplicidad de la cobranza en sus propios países.
La verdad se encuentra, muchas veces, entre la mitad de esos dos extremos. Es perfectamente posible cobrar deudas en México, pero es fundamental entender el entorno particular del país y las circunstancias de la cobranza de deudas.
Esta es una lista para cualquier extranjero para ser usada como marco de referencia en México y manejar apropiadamente las expectativas.
El tamaño de la demanda
Al fin y al cabo, todo se trata de los números. ¿Que tanto te deben y cuáles serían los costos de la demanda y la cobranza?
La cobranza de deudas en México…
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First of all, try to prevent facing a debt in Latin America. This sounds obvious. However, often we see that the reasons companies are faced with outstanding debt in Latin America lay within the very process and procedures prior to reaching the point of overdue accounts. Strategic decisions when a market is entered, compliance and due diligence, know your client policies when clients are signed, formats and setup of contracts, order forms and invoices, involvement of local commercial or legal presentation; it is essential that these are all focused on the specific environment of your clients’ region.
Once there is a…
To start with, engage a local representative for the Latin American market specialized in servicing foreign companies. The local representative can provide a local network of potential business partners and can help you enter the Latin American market. Also, it can assist with legal and administrative advice, do 
Your counter party might have stopped or slowed down with payments because it encounters financial issues. This could be because of business specific situations, including bad commercial decisions, mismanagement, start-up difficulties and therefore struggles with cashflow, or just bad luck with its products or services.
First of all, check your files. Are you able to reach your client by phone and email? Dou you have cell phone numbers of the decision makers? Have you spoken with payment at the accounts payable, as well as people on the commercial side? Are all your internal sources exhausted and is your client in Mexico still not paying? Then make sure that you have a complete file, including paperwork, contact details and notes of actions taken, before you proceed with the next step.
Naturally, the next step is to try to enforce payment of the debt through legal proceedings. However, and as already indicate before in our blog posts, in general one should be cautious and conservative when it comes down to starting a law suit in the attempt to collect a debt Latin America.
The next step is to understand the legal context. How do contracts and other documents, like order forms, certificates and…
If amicable collections do not achieve…
For many debt collection agencies, cross border collection cases cause an issue. Often agencies do not really know what to do with them, as they are outside the scope of their regular work field. Some collection agencies set up their own international divisions or hire people in house to deal with international cases. Sometimes they join an international debt collection network. Although some of these solutions may work, they may also bring up other questions like how to make an international division actually profitable, do all members of the international debt collection network have the servicing quality standards the agency requires, and is in house personnel justifiable if international is not the company’s core business?
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