Ms Dorothea Garff > Beccar Varela > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

Corporate, Company Law, Compliance

Position

Dorothea is a senior associate at Beccar Varela. She joined the firm in 2017.

Career

Dorothea focuses on business start-up processes, general corporate advice and compliance. She advises on the processes for obtaining funding from German and international entities (GIZ, European Union, etc.) for projects that encourage the internationalization of German and Argentine companies. She counsels foreign companies (mainly German speaking ones) interested in investing in Argentina on corporate matters. She also advises local and international companies in the implementation of compliance programs.

Before joining Beccar Varela, Dorothea headed the Legal Department and, subsequently, the Legal & Compliance/Technology and Innovation Sector at the Argentine-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK Argentina). She started her career in Argentina at M&M Bomchil law firm. She also has wide experience working in Germany, both at top-tier law firms and at Lufthansa Consulting GmbH.

Languages

She speaks Spanish, German, English and French.

Memberships

Dorothea is a member of the Buenos Aires Bar Association, the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Asociación Jurídica Argentino-Germana.

Education

Dorothea obtained her Law degree at the University of Cologne, Germany (1999). She was awarded by the European Union (ERASMUS) at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). She regained her Law degree at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (2002). She obtained her Certification in Compliance from the Asociación Argentina de Ética y Compliance (AAEC/UCEMA), a diploma recognized by the International Federation of Compliance Associations (IFCA, 2016).

Lawyer Rankings

Argentina > Compliance

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.