Mr José Carlos Cueva > Beccar Varela > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile
Beccar Varela Offices
EDIFICIO REPÚBLICA, TUCUMÁN 1, 3RD FLOOR
C1049AAA CIUDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BUENOS AIRES
Argentina
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Mr José Carlos Cueva
Work Department
His practice areas are energy law (electricity and oil & gas) and natural resources law, including comprehensive expertise in renewable energy. He has also ample experience in economic regulation, public services, and public bidding processes.
Position
José Carlos Cueva is a partner at Beccar Varela since 2001. He joined the firm in 1987.
Career
His practice areas are energy law (electricity and oil & gas) and natural resources law, including comprehensive expertise in renewable energy. He has also ample experience in economic regulation, public services and public bidding processes.
Languages
He speaks Spanish and English.
Memberships
He is a member of the Buenos Aires Bar Association, the Instituto Argentino del Petróleo y Gas (Argentine Oil & Gas Institute), the Cámara Argentina de Energías Renovables (Argentine Chamber of Renewable Energy) where he is a member of the Board, the International Bar Association and the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (RMMLF).
Education
José Carlos obtained his Law degree from Universidad de Buenos Aires (1987) and his Postgraduate degree in Public Services Regulation from Universidad Austral (2001).
Lawyer Rankings
Argentina > Energy and natural resources > Electricity
(Leading individuals)Beccar Varela works with national and international clients in the thermal, hydro, wind, solar, bio-gas and hydrogen sectors. The team covers the full electricity value chain, including generation, transmission, distribution, and major-consumer work; and has experience working on major government privatisations, international bids and concession contract renegotiations. Developers and owners also turn to the team for support on the drafting and negotiation of EPC agreements, including risk assessment and structuring. Renewable energy is another active area, where the practice – a prominent member of the Argentine Renewable Energy Chamber (“CADER”) – advises on public bid processes and financing mechanisms. Respected energy and natural resources lawyer José Carlos Cueva leads the team in tandem with Ricardo Castañeda, who energy clients turn to for advice on M&A, corporate law and project finance matters.
Argentina > Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
(Hall of Fame)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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame Argentina > Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Leading individuals Argentina > Energy and natural resources > Electricity
- Electricity Argentina > Energy and natural resources
- Oil and gas Argentina > Energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Bankruptcy and restructuring
- Competition and antitrust
- Consumer law
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Life sciences and healthcare
- Real estate
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Tax