Beccar Varela

Beccar Varela has deep transactional expertise and is frequently called on by multinationals, private equity investors, local corporates and entrepreneurs for advice on the structuring and execution of complex acquisitions, disposals, minority stake deals, spin-offs, joint ventures and corporate reorganisations. The practice is also known for its solid corporate credentials, harnessing its full-service capability to provide a roster of domestic and international clients with comprehensive day-to-day corporate support on compliance, competition, labour and tax matters. The team works with companies across a wide range of industries, with mining, financial services and life sciences particularly active sectors during the last year. The formidable M&A lawyer Roberto Crouzel co-leads the practice alongside María Shakespear, who covers M&A, private equity, project finance, and fintech; private equity and private client specialist Ramón I. Moyano; and Alejandro Poletto, whose practice areas include banking & finance, M&A, capital markets, corporate law, project finance, mining and oil and gas. Energy and natural resources specialist Ricardo Castañeda is another key name at partner level, as is respected cross-border M&A practitioner Tomás Allende, versatile banking and corporate lawyer Carolina Serra, and Lucía Degano, who heads up the firm’s regional office in the free trade zone in Uruguay. Counsel Eugenia Radaelli (M&A, corporate advisory and banking and finance) and senior associate Luciana Liefeldt (corporate and financial transactions) lead the practice’s second line.