In private international law there are two figures, these are evasión of law and forum shopping. It has been argued that the forum shopping configures a evasión of law, so this work was proposed to solve the problem, understand their differences and similarities. Consequently, it was held that the forum shopping not properly set up a evasión of law, although there are certain points of connection that may be weak or unreasonable to designate the jurisdiction forum, it should be clarified that these are always established beforehand; contrary sense of fraud to the law, where connection points are created later, sharing both figures the utility pursued, which is to achieve a benefit for their own interests.En el derecho internacional privado existen dos figuras; éstas son el fraude a la ley y el forum shopping. Se puede llegar a la confusión prima facie de que el forum shopping configura un fraude a la ley, razón que motiva la elaboración del presente artículo para clarificar y conocer las diferencias y similitudes entre ambos conceptos. En consecuencia, se sostiene que el forum shopping no configura un fraude a la ley, ya que si bien existen ciertos puntos de conexión que pueden ser débiles o poco razonables para designar elegir el foro de competencia, cabe aclarar que éstos siempre son establecidos con anterioridad, a contrario sensu del fraude a la ley, en donde se crean puntos de conexión de manera posterior; compartiendo ambas figuras la utilidad perseguida, que es la de lograr un beneficio para sus intereses.

Institute of Legal Research of The National Autonomous University of Mexico.