Juan D. Arau
Senior Associate

Services & Specializations
Admissions
California;
Mexico
Languages
Spanish
Address
525 B Street, Suite 2200, San Diego, CA 92101
Office Tel.
619.906.5652
Fax
619.788.5530
Overview
Juan advises clients across a wide range of industries on business and corporate matters involving cross-border structuring, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, corporate governance, compliance, and commercial contracting. His practice includes guiding clients through transactions that involve Mexican entities, assets, or real property, drawing on his dual licensure in Mexico and California to provide integrated cross-border support.
Juan collaborates closely with clients to implement corporate and transactional strategies tailored to their operational and international needs. Before joining Procopio, Juan spent more than a decade at a leading global law firm, where he practiced in its Corporate M&A group and later was selected to establish and lead its Foreign Trade and Customs practice in the Tijuana office.
- Counsels foreign companies and individuals looking to make investments and establish a presence in the United States.
- Represents foreign companies with respect to their U.S. matters, subsidiaries and operations.
- Advises on the acquisition and sale of Latin American companies owned by individuals in the U.S.
- Best Lawyers® Ones to Watch, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, and Tax Law, 2026
- LLM (Business Law Concentration), The University of Texas School of Law, 2018
- LLB, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC), cum laude, 2009
- Co-author. “Corporate Transparency Act Compliance Mandate Reinstated and Filing Deadline Extended,” December 26, 2024.
- Co-author. “CTA UPDATE: Federal Court Blocks Reporting Requirements Under the Corporate Transparency Act,” December 5, 2024.
- Panelist. “Key Trends in Private Equity Investments. Strategic Perspective,” Latin American Family Office Forum by Procopio, San Diego, CA, May 24, 2024.
- Co-author. “Nearshoring in Mexico: Some Basics for Chinese Companies,” March 15, 2024.
- Co-author. “Federal Corporate Transparency Regulations Now in Effect, Impacting Many U.S. Companies,” January 16, 2024.
- Co-author. “Decoding the Corporate Transparency Act: Navigating the Changes Ahead,” November 27, 2023.
- Panelist. “Setting up Startups for Success,” Procopio International Tax Institute, San Diego, CA, May 25, 2023.
- Co-author. “Deadline Approaching for Some U.S. Companies with Foreign Direct Investment to File with BEA,” April 28, 2023.
- Panelist. “Transacting Business in the United States,” Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, virtual, September 24, 2022.
- Adjunct Law Professor, University of San Diego School of Law Spanish Language Masters of Laws (LLM) Program, 2026
- California Young Lawyers Association and the California Lawyers Association (Business Law Section)
- LL.M. Member of the Class of 2018 Permanent Committee, The University of Texas, School of Law










