Roberto A. Fortunati is a partner at Beccar Varela and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He re-joined the firm in 2010, with the Fortunati & Asociados merger. He heads the firm’s Natural Resources Department and co-heads the Banking & Financial Institutions and M&A departments. His main practice areas are banking & financial institutions, mergers & acquisitions and project finance. He is a recognized expert in the mining, energy and oil & gas industries. He has also acted as consultant to The World Bank on insolvency matters.

He began his career as in-house counsel of Amoco Argentina Oil Company. In 1986, he joined Beccar Varela, where he was a partner until 2001, when he joined Citigroup (Argentina) as General Counsel. In 2003, he founded Fortunati & Asociados, which merged with Beccar Varela in 2010.

Education
Universidad de Buenos Aires (Lawyer, 1979).

Professional Associations

• International Bar Association