Mr Francisco Zavalía > Beccar Varela > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile
Beccar Varela Offices
EDIFICIO REPÚBLICA, TUCUMÁN 1, 3RD FLOOR
C1049AAA CIUDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BUENOS AIRES
Argentina
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Mr Francisco Zavalía
Work Department
ComplianceWhite, Collar & Corporate Crime
Position
Francisco Zavalía is a partner at Beccar Varela.
Career
Francisco joined Beccar Varela in 2012. He focuses on white-collar & corporate crime and compliance. He has broad experience in consulting and litigation, providing integrated strategic advice to domestic and international clients in different areas: anti-corruption, anti-money-laundering, cyber crimes, embezzlement, fraud, and economic crimes, exchange crimes, environmental offenses, tax and fiscal offenses, forgery, negligence and non-intentional crimes, intellectual property, custom offenses, corporate criminal responsibility, and compliance.
In litigation, his professional practice has been focused on both conflict management in pre-trial negotiations and providing advice in procedural strategy for attendance at Courts. He acted as counsel at Central Bank, National and Federal Court (first instance and oral trial courts), and performed oral hearings at the chamber of appeal in the different stages of criminal trials. He coordinates pro bono criminal cases.
Languages
He speaks Spanish and English.
Memberships
He is a member of the Buenos Aires Bar Association, the San Isidro Bar Association, and the San Martín Federal Chamber, thus qualified to practice in the City and the Province of Buenos Aires, and in federal matters in all provinces of Argentina. He is also a member of the International Bar Association.
Education
He obtained his Law degree from Universidad de Buenos Aires (2008). He also completed the program “Internet and Communications Technology Law” from the Universidad de San Andrés (2016) and obtained his Master’s degree in Criminal Law from Universidad Austral (2019).
Lawyer Rankings
Argentina > Compliance
(Next Generation Partners)As the first Argentine law firm to establish a white collar and corporate crime department, Beccar Varela is known for its expertise handling internal investigations and criminal proceedings, including complex cross-border matters. The team also advises clients on anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing, as well as the implementation of related compliance programmes, risk assessments and monitoring. Other areas covered include asset tracing and recovery, anonymous whistleblowing and business ethics. Compliance and anti-corruption expert Maximiliano Nicolás D’Auro co-leads the practice with white-collar crime veteran Manuel Beccar Varela. Partners Gustavo Papeschi (anti-corruption and compliance) and Francisco Zavalía (white collar and corporate crime, cybercrime and regulatory compliance) provide further senior-level expertise, with senior Dorothea Garff the key contact at associate level.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Bankruptcy and restructuring
- Competition and antitrust
- Consumer law
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Life sciences and healthcare
- Real estate
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Tax