Beccar Varela

Founded in 1897, Beccar Varela is a leading full-service law firm in Argentina. It advises local and international companies in all areas of corporate law across all industries and seamlessly manages complex cross-border initiatives. Its team consists of over 160 lawyers specializing in different areas of law, 45 of whom are partners.

Throughout its history, the firm has forged alliances with international networks that bring together highly reliable worldwide law firms. It is an active member of the World Services Group, Interlex, Club de Abogados, ALAE, and INBLF networks.

Beccar Varela is the go-to firm in Argentina for clients focused on global issues such as corporate sustainability and triple impact; it is the country’s first full-service law firm to have joined the United Nations Global Compact and to issue an annual sustainability report. The firm provides interdisciplinary advice on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) business models, including impact investments.

Beccar Varela’s head office is located in the heart of Buenos Aires; the firm also has a branch in Tigre, in northern Buenos Aires, and an office in the free trade zone in Montevideo, Uruguay. The firm assists clients with activities across the country, advising on national, provincial, and local regulations.

The superb relations with law firms and clients throughout the region enables Beccar Varela’s team to seamlessly support complex cross-border initiatives and Latin America-wide strategies. The firm office in the free trade zone in Montevideo offers strategic legal guidance to clients for their regional operations.

Clients: The firm combines its understanding of global and local business cultures to provide strategic tailor-made solutions to top-tier multinationals, national companies, and individuals, as well as start-ups and not-for-profit organizations. Its client portfolio includes leading blue-chip industry companies, both national and international, which invest and operate in Argentina. Beccar Varela has been serving many clients for nearly a century or more, such as Citibank since its first global expansion in 1914, and Unilever since the early 1920s.

Areas of practice: The firm deals with agribusiness, arbitration, art law, banking and financial institutions, bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring, capital markets, company law, competition/antitrust, compliance, consumer protection, corporate advice, energy, entrepreneurship, environmental law, ESG, family business governance, fintech, healthcare and life sciences, insurance, intellectual property – patents and trademarks, international trade and customs, labor and social security law, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, microfinance, mining, oil and gas, private clients, private equity, product liability, project finance, public affairs, public law, real estate and hospitality, sports law, tax law, TMT (telecoms, media, technology), trusts and trust services, white-collar and corporate crime.

Languages: Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese.