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

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

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Pedro Nicholson is a partner at Beccar Varela, where he heads the Real Estate & Hospitality Department. He is a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. He joined the firm in 1991.

Career

His practice areas include real estate, mergers and acquisitions and commercial law in general. He has vast experience in hospitality, tourism and corporate finance.

Languages

He speaks Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.

Memberships

He is a member of the Buenos Aires Bar Association. He is Co-Chair of the Real Estate Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Buenos Aires (AmCham), member of the Executive Committee at the Housing Entrepreneurs Association (Asociación de Empresarios de la Vivienda), Officer of the Real Estate Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA), Officer of the Latin American Law Committee of the International Council of Shopping Centers and former President of the Alumni Association of the Real Estate Business Center of the Universidad de San Andrés.

Education

Pedro is a lawyer graduated from Universidad Católica Argentina (1991). He obtained his Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA, 1994). He also obtained a post-graduate degree in Real Estate Transactions (2006) and a post-graduate degree in Hotel Investments (2009) from the Universidad de San Andrés (2009) He worked as a foreign associate at Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC, in 1995.

Pedro held the position of professor at the postgraduate courses of Hotel Business Management and Investments in Hotels at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (2012-2014) and at the CEMA (Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos de Argentina, 2015).

Lawyer Rankings

Argentina > Real estate

(Hall of Fame)

Pedro Nicholson – Beccar Varela

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.