Mr Francisco Zavalía > Beccar Varela > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

Mr Francisco Zavalía

+54 11 4379 4790 fzavalia@beccarvarela.com View profile

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).