Manuel Fravega is a partner at Beccar Varela, where he heads the Environmental Law & Climate Change Department. He joined the firm in 2022.

His main area of practice is Environmental Law. Likewise, he has extensive experience in Corporate Law, Public Law, and Litigation. Throughout his career, he has managed environmental law departments in global companies focused on the manufacturing, energy, and engineering & construction industries. He also worked in the public sector leading the modernization of environmental management and regulation applicable to a wide variety of industries.

Education
Manuel is a lawyer graduated from Universidad Católica Argentina (2008). From the same university, he obtained his Specialization in Environmental Law (2014, with honors). He obtained a master’s degree in Business Law from the Universidad de San Andrés (2017, with honors), a postgraduate degree in Corporate and Institutional Affairs Management from the Universidad Católica Argentina (2019, with honors), and a degree in Circular Economy from the UTN – Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (2021). He participated in the D.E.U.F. (Diplôme d’Etudes Universitaires Françaises) university exchange program (France, 2008); and in the postgraduate programs “Summer Session on Environmental Law”, of the American University (USA, 2011) and “Trade and Environment Seminar”, of the Organization of American States, Department of Human Development, Education and Culture (USA, 2012).

Professional Activities and Experience
Prior to joining Beccar Varela, Manuel served as Environment Regional Senior Manager for Tenaris (2020-2022), a position in which he provided advice to the company not only on environmental law but also on environmental management (ISO 14000), climate change, sustainability, CSR, training, audits, among others. In the public sector, he served as Undersecretary of Environmental Control and Evaluation of the Provincial Agency for Sustainable Development (Government of the Province of Buenos Aires) (2017-2019). Previously, he worked at Techint Group as a Senior Counsel in charge of the Environmental Law Department (2011-2017). He participated as Vice President of the Environment Commission of the Argentine Industrial Union – UIA (2016-2017). He began his career at the law firm Marval O’Farrell Mairal.