Ms Camila Corvalán > Beccar Varela > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

Beccar Varela
EDIFICIO REPÚBLICA, TUCUMÁN 1, 3RD FLOOR
C1049AAA CIUDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BUENOS AIRES
Argentina

Work Department

International Trade and Customs

Position

Camila Corvalán is a senior associate at Beccar Varela, having joined the firm in 2009. She leads the Public Affairs Department.

Career

Her practice areas include public affairs, antitrust, unfair competition, consumer defense, fair trade, and international trade (dumping, import license, regulations of World Trade Organization). She has broad expertise representing clients across a wide range of industries in antitrust and international trade issues and advises national and international companies on a daily basis.

Languages

She fluently speaks Spanish and English, and has basic knowledge of Portuguese.

Memberships

She is a member of the Buenos Aires Bar Association, the International Bar Association (IBA) (in which she also participates as an official of the International Trade and Customs Law Committee), the Board of Directors of the Argentine Forum of Executive Women (FAME), the International Women Forum (IWF), and Voces Vitales women’s association.

Education

Camila is a lawyer who graduated from Universidad Católica Argentina (with honors, 2009). She obtained her postgraduate degree in Business Law from the same university (2011). She completed a specialization in Antitrust at the Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2012) and, during that period, worked as a foreign associate at Gómez, Acebo y Pombo (Madrid, Spain). She obtained her Master of Laws with honors (LL.M.) from Northwestern University (Chicago, USA, 2022). Camila obtained a Certificate in Business Administration from the IE Business School (Madrid, Spain, 2022).

She authored several articles about antitrust issues, highlighting her participation in the 4th edition of “The Dominance and Monopolies Review” (The Law Reviews, Law Business Research, 2016). She has participated as a speaker in numerous congresses of her specialty.

Lawyer Rankings

Argentina > Competition and antitrust

(Rising stars)

Camila CorvalánBeccar Varela

Beccar Varela is sought out for advice on enforcement, merger control, investigations, counselling and compliance, as well as cartel-related litigation. The team is particularly well-known for its competition law expertise in the cement, automobile and technology sectors, and has also been active on credit-card abuse investigations. Practice head Agustín Waisman is recognised for his competition and antitrust experience, and is also strong in the areas of consumer protection and gaming law. Augusto Vechio, co-head of the firm’s international trade and customs team, provides additional senior level support, with senior associates Camila Corvalán and Mercedes Pando leading the second line.

Argentina > International trade and customs

(Rising stars)

Camila CorvalánBeccar Varela

Beccar Varela advises local and international corporate clients on complex international trade and customs matters, and is also called on by sovereign governments for support on all aspects of trade policy. The practice provides broad coverage of all trade issues, including the import, transit, and export of goods, international distribution agreements, international sale of goods, dispute settlement, trade remedies, anti-dumping investigations, import licenses and rules of origin. On the customs side, the team handles transfer pricing, goods valuations and the implementation of international customs tax structures, as well as representing clients in the courts in a range of complex lawsuits and administrative claims. The team is co-led by Augusto Vechio, an experienced international trade specialist with expertise in World Trade Organisation (WTO) and MERCOSUR rules; and Guido Krolovetzky, who is known for his focus on the customs law aspects of domestic, regional and international laws and regulations governing the sale of goods. Senior associate Camila Corvalán provides key support on antitrust, competition, consumer defence, fair trade and international trade matters, with fellow seniors Agustin Perrino and Mariano Plaza handling work related to WTO and Mercosur rules.