EXP. HP / 01 — Advisory · Operations · Compliance

We advise your leadership on Mexico. And we bring the team that executes.

A boutique advisory firm working alongside the leadership of U.S. technology companies in Mexico — the judgment your leadership team needs, backed by a firm that does the work rather than hands over a recommendation.

25+
Years leading full P&L operations in Mexico
4
Industrial regions with relationships on the ground
3
Layers: advisory, partner network, execution team
1
Point of accountability for the whole relationship
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02 — THE PROBLEM
Why the GM hire goes wrong

The search starts with the right question and quietly becomes a different one.

03 — THE MODEL
Three layers, not a service list

Advisory, an established partner network, and a team that executes.

04 — EXECUTION
What leaves your GM's desk

Market entry, the operations bridge, and continuous compliance.

EXP. HP / 02 — The Problem

Most U.S. companies hire their Mexico General Manager for the wrong reason.

A — HOW THE CRITERIA SHIFT

The search starts with the right question — who can build this business? — and quietly becomes a different one: who can navigate Mexico? Corporate structure, tax authorities, labor law, banking relationships, compliance calendars. The shortlist narrows to candidates who know the system, and the decision gets made on the wrong criteria.

B — WHAT IT COSTS

Even after the hire, the problem doesn't go away. A General Manager who spends their first year resolving structure, filings and back-office relationships is a General Manager who isn't building the team, the pipeline or the business. That is the most expensive person in your Mexico operation, doing work that doesn't require them.

With the right advisory structure behind them, your General Manager doesn't have to be someone who knows how to navigate Mexico. They can be the person who will actually build your business — including someone already on your team in the U.S.

Fig. 01 — The first yearWhat stays · What moves
YOUR GM KEEPS Team Pipeline Customers P&L WHAT THEY WERE HIRED FOR WE TAKE ON Entity structuring Legal & accounting firms Treasury & payroll Accounting & reconciliation HR & labor compliance Tax & filing calendar Regulatory monitoring THE FIRST YEAR, WITHOUT US The list on the right, done by your GMBuilding WITH US Onboarding Building the business MONTH 12MONTH 1

That work doesn't disappear — it moves. Not to a consultant, but to a firm: a single point of accountability, a network of established legal and accounting partners whose judgment informs every recommendation, and a team that executes.

EXP. HP / 03 — The Model

You're not hiring a consultant. You're engaging a firm.

A traditional advisor gives you an opinion and leaves. A back-office provider executes without judgment. We are built to do both — which is why the work is structured in three layers rather than sold as a list of services.

Fig. 02 — The three layersDecision → delivery
LAYER 01 · ADVISORY LAYER 02 · PARTNER NETWORK LAYER 03 · EXECUTION TEAM Your leadership decides Specialists validate it Our team carries it out with our judgment behind the decision legal, accounting and specialist firms one point of accountability, not four vendors DECISION → DELIVERY
LAYER 01 — ADVISORY

Judgment for the people who carry the decision.

Strategic counsel to your leadership team on how to structure, staff and govern the Mexico operation — grounded in decades of running full P&L operations there, not in theory.

  • How the entity should be structured, and why
  • Who should hold the General Manager role
  • What governance the board should expect to see
LAYER 02 — PARTNER NETWORK

Advice tested before it reaches you.

The Partners in our name refers to the network we work with: established legal, accounting and specialized firms whose judgment is consulted before advice reaches your leadership team.

  • Corporate and labor counsel in each region
  • Accounting and tax firms with local standing
  • Specialists engaged as the mandate requires
LAYER 03 — EXECUTION TEAM

Not one advisor with a laptop.

Recommendations become reality through a coordinated team. One point of accountability for you; a working group behind it.

  • A single responsible interlocutor for the relationship
  • A working group that carries out the mandate
  • Continuity that does not rest on one desk
EXP. HP / 04 — Execution

What we take off your General Manager's desk.

The advisory relationship defines what should happen. These are the mandates our team carries out so your leadership in Mexico can stay focused on the business.

MANDATE 01 — MARKET ENTRY

Getting the entity and the first hires right.

Shaped by decades of hands-on operating experience in Mexico, not just legal theory. The decisions made in the first ninety days are the ones you live with for years.

SCOPE
  • Entity structuring
  • Legal & accounting firm selection
  • First hires — sourcing & vetting
  • Clusters, chambers & universities
MANDATE 02 — OPERATIONS BRIDGE

The recurring work, handled month after month.

Ongoing coordination of treasury, accounting and HR — the work that would otherwise consume your leadership team's attention every single month.

SCOPE
  • Treasury & vendor payments
  • Payroll disbursement
  • Accounting & bank reconciliation
  • HR & labor compliance
  • Specialized staff engagement
MANDATE 03 — COMPLIANCE

Defensible, continuously.

Continuous oversight so the entity stays current with tax, labor and corporate obligations — the discipline that keeps everything defensible over time.

SCOPE
  • Tax & labor filing calendar
  • Corporate record-keeping
  • Regulatory monitoring
EXP. HP / 05 — Network

Relationships that took two decades to build.

In Mexico, execution depends on the relationships behind the paperwork. That access shortens the path to suppliers, talent and institutions — the part of establishing an operation that a legal filing alone cannot deliver.

JALISCO
Technology & electronics

The country's software and electronics corridor, and where most U.S. technology companies place their first Mexican team. Deep university pipeline and an established cluster of design and manufacturing operations.

NUEVO LEÓN
Industrial & corporate hub

Mexico's industrial capital and the closest major market to the U.S. border. Where manufacturing scale, corporate decision-making and cross-border logistics converge.

BAJÍO
Industrial clusters

Querétaro, León and Aguascalientes — the fastest-growing industrial belt in the country, with concentrated automotive, aerospace and advanced manufacturing clusters.

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO
Corporate headquarters

Regulatory, banking and institutional center. Where filings are resolved, banking relationships are held, and most multinationals place their corporate headquarters.

Fig. 03 — CoverageU.S. firm · Mexico execution
EXP. HP / 06 — How We Work

An engagement, in four movements.

The sequence is the same whether you are opening your first entity or repairing one that was set up without a clear owner.

STEP 01

Assessment

A structured read of how the operation stands today: entity, filings, banking, staffing — and where accountability actually sits.

STEP 02

Position

A recommendation on structure, staffing and governance — reviewed with our legal and accounting partners before it reaches your leadership team.

STEP 03

Build

Our team carries it out — entity, filings, banking, first hires — under one point of accountability rather than four vendors.

STEP 04

Steady state

A monthly operating rhythm — treasury, payroll, accounting, compliance calendar — and a standing line to your leadership when a decision needs judgment.

ADVISORY · EXECUTION · ACCOUNTABILITY · HAMDAN PARTNERS
EXP. HP / 07 — How We Hold Ourselves

Accountability isn't a line item. It's the structure.

What separates the firm from an outsourcing provider is that we stay in the room — involved in the decision, answerable for the outcome, and present when it has to be explained to your leadership team.

  • One point of accountabilityA single responsible interlocutor for the whole Mexico relationship — not four vendors and a coordination problem.
  • Judgment tested before it reaches youRecommendations are reviewed with our legal and accounting partners before they are brought to your leadership team.
  • A U.S. counterparty for work performed in MexicoThe firm is based in Houston, so your contract, your invoices and your payments stay in the United States — while the work is carried out on the ground in Mexico.
  • Operating experience, not theoryOver 25 years leading full P&L operations in Mexico for U.S. and international multinationals informs every position we take.
EXP. HP / 08 — Who We Serve

Built for technology companies with something to protect.

U.S. technology companies expanding into or already operating in Mexico — across software, managed services, cybersecurity and AI. We are especially suited to companies handling sensitive data or operating under compliance requirements, where governance is not a formality.

Cybersecurity AI & Software Managed Services Regulated / compliance-driven tech Any technology company operating in Mexico

Whether you are opening your first Mexico entity or already operating one without a clear owner of the relationship, the conversation starts the same way — with a look at how things are structured today.

EXP. HP / 09 — For Your Leadership Team

The questions a board asks before approving this.

The engagement is with the firm, not an individual. A coordinated team executes and an established partner network stands behind the judgment — continuity does not rest on one desk.

No. It is what makes the right General Manager possible — by removing the structural and back-office work that would otherwise define their first year.

No. “Partners” describes our operating model: the legal, accounting and specialist firms we work with. Ownership and governance of your entity remain entirely yours.

Because those firms answer the questions you know to ask. We are accountable for the operation as a whole — including knowing which questions matter and coordinating the answers.

Yes. With the right advisory structure behind them, a leader from inside your company — including a non-Mexican — can hold the role and build the business.

With a conversation about how things are structured today. It costs nothing and commits you to nothing; if there is a fit, we propose a scope in writing.

EXP. HP / 10 — Contact

Let's talk about your Mexico operation.

A first conversation costs nothing and commits you to nothing. Tell us where things stand today.

Hamdan Partners
17350 State Hwy 249, Ste 220 PMB 37278
Houston, TX 77064 — United States

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