Founded in 1897 and one of the country’s oldest firms, Beccar Varela is a full-service firm well-known in the Argentine market, especially for its top tier M&A practice. Horacio Beccar Varela serves as the managing partner of the firm, which has two offices in Buenos Aires. It is part of
numerous international networks and is a founding member of the Club de Abogados Iberoamérica. The firm’s international presence is helped by a German desk and the ability to communicate with clients in Spanish, English, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.
The M&A team mostly advises buyers but will also advise sellers. The firm is
very active in the agribusiness, energy and oil and gas sectors.
The banking team mostly works on the lender side but is known to also advise borrowers.
Because of the firm’s strong relationship with banks, it advises more underwriters in the capital markets practice area than issuers.
Key notable clients are Okta, Softbank, Apollo Management, Industrial and Commercial Bank
of China, Tiger Global and Cantor Fitzgerald.
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The banking team
advised domestic and international borrowers and lenders in restructurings, project financing, acquisition financing, general corporate financing across various industries and various
fintech matters.
The capital markets team was active on the debt side,
participating mostly in bond issuances and debt restructuring mainly in the banking
industry
The M&A team advised a mix of buyers and sellers. Deals were mostly cross-border and
covered multiple industries including start-ups and technology.
Deal highlights:
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Advent International’s $360 million acquisition of Prisma
Medios de Pago
PPRO’s $300 million acquisition of Qubits
Telecom Argentina $185 million project financing
