Mr Gonzalo García Delatour > Beccar Varela > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

  • Litigation
  • Arbitration
  • Insolvency, bankruptcies & restructuring

Position

Gonzalo García Delatour is a partner at Beccar Varela, having joined the firm in 1999. He heads the firm’s Arbitration Department and co-heads the Litigation Department. He is a member of the Executive Committee.

 

Career

His practice areas include civil and commercial litigation, insolvencies, bankruptcies and restructuring, and domestic and international arbitration. He has represented local and foreign clients in complex litigation cases and international arbitration proceedings under the rules of the ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, AAA, CIADI, CAM, as well as in domestic arbitration before the Arbitral Tribunal of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, MAE and CEMA. He has acted as counsel in several cases involving banking and contractual disputes, product liability, torts, Internet & new technologies, oil & gas, mining, agency and distribution matters, and real estate and construction, among others. He is also very active in daily legal assistance in general corporate and commercial matters to several local and foreign companies established in Argentina.

Languages

He speaks Spanish and English.

Memberships

He has participated in numerous meetings and seminars in connection with domestic and international arbitration. He is the author of several articles on his area of expertise. He is a member of the Buenos Aires Bar Association, the Colegio de Abogados de San Isidro (Buenos Aires), the Spanish Club of Arbitration, the Rioplantense Chapter of the CEA, the Young International Arbitration Group of the LCIA, the Business Center of Mediation and Arbitration and the International Bar Association (IBA).

Education

Gonzalo obtained his Law degree from Universidad de Buenos Aires (2000), with a specialization in business law. He participated as visiting scholar in a Research Program in Comparative Law, at Denver University School of Law (USA, 2005) and worked as a foreign associate at Hughes Hubbard & Reed (New York, USA, 2006). Prior to joining Beccar Varela, he started his practice working at a National Commercial Court in Argentina (1996-1998).

Lawyer Rankings

Argentina > Consumer law

Beccar Varela advises local and international consumer companies on fair trade and consumer regulations including advertising, product labelling, product liability, e-commerce, internet-related matters and intermediary liability. Other areas of expertise include sweepstakes, promotional activities, loyalty programmes and recalls, with clients also turning to the firm for support on contentious matters, class actions, individual damage claims and litigation involving fair trade and consumer protection regulations. The practice is co-led by dispute resolution lawyers Federico Sosa and Gonzalo García Delatour, with additional senior support coming from competition and antitrust department head Agustín Waisman and Ignacio Flores – whose practice covers a range of areas including manufacturer liability and consumer law. Rocío Alejandra Labán, who covers civil and commercial litigation, is the main contact at associate level. Senior associate Noelia de Belder departed to take up a role in the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights in  June 2022.

Argentina > Dispute resolution

(Leading individuals)

Gonzalo García DelatourBeccar Varela

Beccar Varela advises plaintiffs and defendants on civil and commercial litigation, as well as alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, including arbitration and mediation, with mandates ranging from bet-the-company litigation to major ICC, LCIA and even ICSID arbitrations. The firm, which is known for its expertise in contractual disputes, also has a leading white-collar crime litigation practice. The experienced practice group is co-led by Gonzalo García Delatour (civil and commercial litigation, insolvencies, bankruptcies and arbitrations); Eduardo Güemes (civil and commercial litigation); Martín Gastaldi (restructuring); and Federico Sosa (complex litigation, class actions and insolvency). Seasoned litigation and arbitration veteran Rafael Marcelo Lobos is another key name on the senior partner bench, which receives extensive support from a dynamic second-line of associates specialising in disputes, including Pilar Lodewyckx Hardy, Fernando Kreser, Rocío Alejandra Labán, Sofía Deferrari, Victoria Rabasa, Yanina Salemme Duprat and Máximo Capón.