Beccar Varela celebrates its 120th Anniversary

July, 2017 - Buenos Aires, Argentina

Buenos Aires, 8 July 2017. Estudio Beccar Varela turns 120 years old today. Its team, made up of more than 145 lawyers, paralegals, practicing lawyers and assistants, will celebrate the anniversary throughout the year with clients and friends. Horacio E. Beccar Varela, managing partner, says that this anniversary takes place in a “very special moment for the firm, filled with great change and innovation, which will include both a new image and the achievement of goals on which we have been concentrating tirelessly”. He also points out that “the country itself is going through a period of very significant evolution, which will undoubtedly create excellent business opportunities for investors and entrepreneurs who want to expand their operations. At Beccar Varela, we will remain ready to guide them to their goals, just as we have been doing for the last 120 years.”

History

Beccar Varela was founded by Horacio Beccar Varela (1875-1949) on July 8, 1897, in the city of Buenos Aires. Ever since, the firm has been providing comprehensive advice to national and international companies in the field of business law. Understanding the needs of international clients seeking to invest in Argentina, Beccar Varela’s members not only provide guidance on regulatory issues, but also on those related to adapting to the local business culture in different industries or sectors. In 1914, in line with this comprehensive approach, the firm advised Citibank on establishing operations in the country and, since then, has advised many of the international companies currently based in Argentina.

In 1971, the firm was restructured by the founder’s eldest son, Horacio “Bimbo” Beccar Varela (1907-1984), to institutionalize and modernize it, opening its doors and positions – as partners, associates and collaborators – to lawyers who did not belong to the founding family.

In 2008, the firm moved to Edificio República, in Tucumán 1, its current headquarters, beginning a phase of growth and innovation. At the end of 2010, Beccar Varela merged with Fortunati & Asociados – keeping the current denomination – thus adding specialists who share the same values and vision of leadership.

At the beginning of 2016, the firm opened a branch in Tigre, Buenos Aires province, in order to meet the requirements of the clients of the area.

In recent years, the firm has inaugurated various new departments, incorporating – and in some ways pioneering - areas of practice such as White Collar & Corporate Crime, Entrepreneurship, Financial Trusts and Trust Services, and Private Clients, among others. Currently Beccar Varela offers advice in more than forty practice areas.

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