Mr Ignacio Flores > Beccar Varela > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

  • Civil and commercial litigation
  • Consumer Law
  • Product Liability

Position

Ignacio Flores is a partner of Beccar Varela. He joined the firm in 1993.

Career

Throughout his extensive and intensive professional practice in the firm’s litigation area, Ignacio has worked in a wide range of civil and commercial judicial proceedings in all instances (mediation, court, ordinary and extraordinary appeals, national, federal and local), representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He has broad experience in mediation, judicial and arbitral proceedings involving the termination of long term contractual relations (such as distribution, agency and other collaboration agreements between companies), civil and commercial liabilities in general, manufacturer liability, credit card systems, banking liabilities, habeas data, consumer law, issues concerning the devaluation of the argentine currency, having been involved in collective and individual proceedings, environmental liabilities proceedings, preliminary and injunction proceedings and general proceedings in civil and commercial matters.

He teaches in the Lawyers Practice Program (PEA in Spanish) of FORES (Foro de Estudios sobre la Administración de Justicia) where he coordinates the Procedural Practice area.

Languages

He speaks Spanish, French and English.

Memberships

He is a member of the Colegio Público de Abogados de la Capital Federal (Buenos Aires Bar Association), Colegio de Abogados de Buenos Aires and Colegio de Abogados de San Isidro.

Education

Ignacio obtained his Law degree from Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires (1993) and obtained his Masters in Company Law from Universidad Austral (1997).

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.