Beccar Varela displays skill in helping companies take preventative measures to prevent bribery and corruption, such as performing risk assessments and audits, understanding their risk exposure, and recommending a strong compliance framework. In addition, the team aids clients with internal investigations and fact-finding exercises in cases of allegations of corporate fraud by executives or other employees. The practice also defends companies before regulatory authorities such as the Financial Information Unit, and the criminal courts. Firm managing partner Maximiliano D’Auro and white-collar crime specialist Manuel Beccar Varela head the compliance and investigations department. Gustavo Papeschi also assists companies with aligning their internal policies with anti-bribery, corruption, whistleblower, and data privacy laws. White-collar crime practitioner Francisco Zavalía is knowledgeable in cybercrime and regulatory matters and often handles criminal cases involving corporate fraud and smuggling allegations. The practice is bolstered by senior associate Francisco Grosso, who advises on compliance and anti-money laundering regulations.
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Position
Manuel Beccar Varela is a partner of Beccar Varela. He is the head of the firm's White Collar and Criminal Law department. His practice areas include frauds and swindles, corporate fraud, cyber crimes and piracy, foreign exchange controls, anti-money laundering, criminal tax, social security law, customs and international trade, environmental law, criminal trademark, antitrust, property crime, extradition and international criminal law, general criminal law, and criminal procedure law, among others. He has broad expertise in family law/divorces, focusing on property settlement agreements.
Career
Manuel Maria Beccar Varela joined the firm as partner in 2012, to establish and lead the White Collar and Corporate Crime Department, the first full service law firm in Argentina to incorporate and offer this service.
He started his professional career at the Federal Criminal and Correctional Court Nª 1 in 1988, moving to the Criminal Oral Court Nª 6 in 1993, until 1996 when he started to work as a criminal lawyer in the private sector. He was in charge of the criminal law department at SICMA, an insurance group owned by Perez Companc. He was appointed as Chief of Cabinet of the Secretary of Judicial Investigations of the Ministry of Justice of Buenos Aires Province (1999-2001). He worked as associate of various boutique firms dedicated to white collar law, including Estudio Vergara & Asociados, until founding the law firm “FERNANDEZ ALONSO, BECCAR VARELA & RICHARDS” in 1994, which within few years was recognized among the top five rankings of white collar law firms. Since 2012 he has headed the White Collar Department of the firm, integrating various criminal lawyers into the department.
Languages
He speaks Spanish and English.
Memberships
He is a member of the Colegio Público de Abogados de la Capital Federal (Buenos Aires Bar Association), the Colegio de Abogados de San Isidro, the Criminal Federal Chamber of San Martin (with nationwide jurisdiction in federal matters) and the International Bar Association.
Education
Manuel obtained his Law degree from Universidad de Belgrano (1994). He obtained his specialization in Criminal Law from the Universidad Austral – School of Law (2002) and his postgraduate diploma in “Compliance and Criminal Law” from Universidad Austral – IAE School (2016).
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- 'The Beccar Varela team is the market leader in compliance and criminal law in Argentina. They are collaborative, commercial, and a true pleasure to work with.' 'Maxi D'Auro is absolutely fabulous compliance lawyer and a great leader too. Manuel Beccar Varela is a talented criminal lawyer and a pleasure to work with.'
Key clients
- Apex Capital BET 365 Banco BBVA Argentina and others Telefónica de Argentina Petronas Urbaser d-LOCAL Análisis de Riesgo TGS Samsung Electronics Argentina