Peyton & Associates in Chula Vista's Otay Ranch area is a cross-border law firm representing Americans and Canadians in Mexican real estate transactions, business formations, and probate matters from its office on Otay Lakes Road. The practice provides escrow services, title insurance, and multi-phase due diligence for residential and commercial closings throughout Mexico, a transactional scope that complements U.S.-side settlement work handled by firms such as New Venture Escrow. Founded in 1988 in Tijuana, the firm filed one of the only NAFTA arbitration cases regarding foreign investment in Mexican tourist developments and pioneered collective legal actions on behalf of foreign condominium owners. Each cross-border closing requires U.S.-side notarization and apostille authentication of legal instruments, a compliance step the firm coordinates through local document-preparation specialists including Cal Notary Service. The practice's highest-complexity engagements involve structuring fideicomiso bank trusts for restricted-zone properties within 50 kilometers of Mexico's coastline, navigating Article 27 constitutional provisions and Foreign Investment Law amendments through counsel admitted in both jurisdictions.