Firm Profile

Estudio Rovira is a boutique law firm that stands out for its personalized attention and high level of specialization, offering high-quality legal services, mostly in the field of economic and business law.

Experience

Dr. Alfredo L. Rovira, founder of Estudio Rovira, and his partners provide a wide-ranging academic and professional experience, which merge to offer a high-quality legal service with a creative and innovative approach.

Dr. Alfredo L. Rovira’s more than 40 years’ experience as a lawyer is complemented by an extensive academic activity, being recognized as one of the leading specialists in Argentina in his field.

His partners, Liuba Lencova Besheva and Nicolás Zaballa, have solid academic backgrounds and consolidated experience, having practiced as lawyers and served in senior government positions at national and provincial level.

Services

Estudio Rovira offers high-quality legal service, mostly in the field of economic and business law, focusing on corporate affairs, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture transactions, negotiation and drafting of contracts, insolvency and restructuring, complex litigation and international and domestic commercial arbitration. In addition, we offer legal and corporate consultancy to others law firms and internal legal departments of companies and family businesses.

Estudio Rovira’s professionals are qualified to work in Spanish, English, Russian and Bulgarian, and also has basic knowledge to work in Italian, French and Portuguese. Furthermore, Estudio Rovira has an extensive network of professionals from three continents and is a member of IR Global, a multi-disciplinary professional services network that provides legal, accountancy, financial advice to companies and individuals around the world. 

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Dr. Rovira is currently assisted by Ms. Liuba Lencova Besheva, lawyer, graduated at the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires in 2002. Mrs. Lencova obtained her LLM in Business Law, Universidad Austral (Buenos Aires, 2007) and in Tax Laws, Universidad Austral (Buenos Aires, 2013). Ms. Lencova is Assistant Professor in Business Law in the Chapter lead by Dr. Rovira at the School of Laws of the Universidad de Buenos Aires and also visiting Professor at Universidad Austral, Buenos AIres.

Practice background

Mrs. Lencova specializes in business laws, focusing her practice in trust agreements, commercial litigation, including contract, corporate and insolvency laws practice. Ms. Lencova is a member of the advisory staff of Senator Federico Pinedo. As advisor to congressman Federico Pinedo, coordinated the Committee for the reform of the Criminal Code and in the Committee for the amendment of the Insolvency Law, currently passed as new law, in the National Chamber of Deputies; she was also member of the Advisory Committee for the review and analysis of the 2012 draft proposed by the Executive Branch to replace the current Civil and Commercial Codes by a new unified Civil and Commercial Code, at the mentioned Chamber. This draft was passed as new law in 2015. Ms. Lencova is also a certified public translator in Bulgarian and acts as expert witness in Bulgarian issues at the various federal and ordinary Courts in Argentina.

Academic background

Mrs. Lencova obtained an LLM in Business Law (Universidad Austral 2005). Thesis: “El pacto de sindicación de acciones como fideicomiso” (Shareholders Agreement as a trust agreement) and an LLM in Tax Laws (2013) Thesis: “El fideicomiso al costo. Su tratamiento en los principales impuestos nacionales” (The trust agreement in construction contracts at fixed cost. Their tax treatment). Mrs. Lencova is Assistant Professor in Business Laws, appointed by public contest ( Res 1394/03) at UBA’s School of Laws, Chapter of Business Laws, chaired by Dr. Alfredo L Rovira, and visiting professor at the Business Law Master’s Program (Universidad Austral). She has participated as speaker in several Law Conferences and Seminars organized by Universidad Notarial Argentina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, and by the UBA´s School of Laws.

Publications

“Fideicomiso de construcción al costo e impuesto a la ganancia mínima presunta a la luz del principio de razonabilidad” - El Dial.com ( July 24th 2013 ) "Breve reseña sobre la aplicación de las normas concursales a la liquidación del fideicomiso ordinario" in Cuestiones Conflictivas en el Actual Derecho Concursal, IADC “El fideicomiso y sus efectos a la luz de la interpretación de la Inspección General de Justicia”, JA- Anuario de Sociedades( June 20th 2007) “Derecho de receso y voto del fiduciario”, X Argentine Conference on CorporateLaw, “El Fondo de Comercio”, in Temas Actuales de Derecho Comercial, Homenaje al Dr. Butty, IJ Editores , Bs. As., 2011. “Procedimiento de liquidación del patrimonio fideicomitido. Su inclusión en el contrato”, I Argentine Uruguayan Meeting about Corporations and Trusts .October 2011. Colonia. Uruguay. Presentation.: “Breve reseña sobre la aplicación de las normas concursales a la liquidación del fideicomiso ordinario”, VIII Argentine Conference on Bankruptcy Laws. “Tratamiento impositivo de la familia en el impuesto sobre los bienes personales” Revista Impuestos, La Ley ( December 2013).

Memberships

Mrs. Lencova is a member of the Board and Technical Committee of the Cámara Argentina de Fideicomisos y Fondos de Inversión Directa en Actividades Productivas, and member of the Asociación Argentina de Estudios Fiscales, Colegio de Abogados de San Isidro, Colegio Público de Abogados de la Capital Federal (Buenos Aires) and the Instituto Argentino de Derecho Comercial. Mrs. Lencova is member of the advisory staff of Senator, Dr. Federico Pinedo.

Languages

Spanish and Bulgarian, native languages, fluent in speaking and writing (Spanish-Bulgarian Certified Official Translator); Russian and English, advanced level, speaking and writing capabilities.

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