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Provision No. 357/2021 of the National Directorate for Consumer Defense and Consumer Arbitration (the “Provision”), published in the Official Gazette on May 31st, 2021, incorporated the following activities to the list of suppliers that are compelled to include within their web pages the “Cancel Services Button“: Subscription to savings plans; Insurance services; Timeshare accommodation services; Subscription to streaming or digital distribution of multimedia content. The “Cancel Services Button”, in force since May 28th, 2021, was created by Resolution No...

Secretary of Commerce Resolution No. 485/2021, published in the Official Gazette on May 12th, 2021, regulates subsection C) of Article 7 of Law of Supermarket Shelves No. 27,545 [1], which establishes that the cheapest products per unit of measure must be situated at an equidistant height between the first and last shelf. The Resolution establishes that the value to be considered is the lowest in the price list offered to the consumer on a “non-transitory basis”, i.e., the lowest price may not arise from offers, bonuses, or discounts of any kind and it establishes the list of products that are included in the Resolution for its commercialization in retail stores [2]...

Refi Pampa S.A., a leading Argentine company dedicated to the production of quality fuel, successfully completed the placement and issuance in the local market of Notes Class II, Series B (the “Notes”), corporate bonds with a nominal value set in inflation-adjusted units (the “UVA”) equivalent to AR$999,999,949.41. The Notes were subscribed, integrated, and will be payable in pesos, with a fixed rate of 0,00%. The Notes mature will take place on May 5th, 2025. Refi Pampa turned to Tanoira Cassagne (TCA), while Beccar Varela advised Banco BBVA Argentina S.A., Banco Comafi S.A., Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A.U., Puente Hnos. S.A., and Macro Securities S.A...

The renowned publication Latin Lawyer awarded Beccar Varela the Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year award on May 5th, at the Latin Lawyer Awards 2022 ceremony, held at the Hotel Unique, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Latin Lawyer’s Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year award recognizes the region’s law firms strongly committed to building an institutional pro bono practice, implementing internal structures to ensure pro bono work is continuously carried out, making a significant contribution that allows access to justice for vulnerable people and communities...