Mr Pedro Silvestri > Beccar Varela > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

Pedro’s practice focuses on all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including public and private company transactions, joint ventures, cross-border transactions, minority investments, shareholder activism, financial advisory matters, and general corporate matters. He represents a wide range of clients including corporations, private equity sponsors, and investment banks.

He also has significant experience representing clients in connection with capital markets, both issuer- and underwriter-side, domestic and international, investment grade and non-investment grade, in public and private offerings.

Position

Pedro Silvestri is a partner at Beccar Varela, having joined the firm in 2010.

Career

Pedro’s practice focuses on all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including public and private company transactions, joint ventures, cross-border transactions, minority investments, shareholder activism, financial advisory matters, and general corporate matters. He represents a wide range of clients including corporations, private equity sponsors, and investment banks.

He also has significant experience representing clients in connection with capital markets, both issuer- and underwriter-side, domestic and international, investment grade and non-investment grade, in public and private offerings.

Memberships

He is a member of the Buenos Aires Bar Association and the International Bar Association.

Education

Pedro obtained his Law degree from Universidad Católica Argentina (2009) and obtained his Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Northwestern University, and a Certificate in Business Administration from Kellogg School of Management (2013). He worked as a foreign associate at Fox, Horan & Camerini LLP (New York, USA, 2013-2014) and at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP (New York, USA, 2014-2016).

Lawyer Rankings

Argentina > Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas

Oil-and-gas clients turn to Beccar Varela for advice regarding offshore exploration, concessions, EPC and other contractual matters, as well as M&A and joint ventures. The team covers all stages of the oil-and-gas production cycle, including exploration, upstream, downstream, equipment and service supplier matters. Other active areas include land use, environmental regulation and financing. The team is co-led by respected corporate and natural resources practitioner Roberto Fortunati; experienced energy partner José Carlos Cueva; Ricardo Castañeda, whose main area of focus is electricity but who also handles hydrocarbon-related work; and M&A and project finance partner Pedro Silvestri.

Argentina > Real estate

Beccar Varela advises real estate owners, project developers, property managers, lenders and investors on all aspects of real estate law – including acquisitions, divestments, facilities management, leases, financing and the restructuring of real estate holdings in single asset and portfolio transactions. The team works on commercial office, housing, shopping centre, hotel, mixed-use development and industrial plant projects, and is particularly noted for its expertise in the structuring and use of real estate trusts. Pioneering work in sustainability-linked real estate financing and the tokenisation of real estate properties is also recognised. The practice is co-led by deeply experienced real estate practitioner Pedro Nicholson, a stand out figure in the market who undertakes work of ‘excellent quality’; and transactional-focused Pedro Silvestri.