Franco Acchiardo

Practice Areas

Franco is a Partner in our Santiago office and leads the Corporate/M&A practice in Chile. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets and financing transactions, including debt and equity offerings, credit facilities and project financing.

Franco has worked in deals from a wide variety of industries, including mining, food and beverages, telecommunications, oil & gas, real estate, financial services, education and healthcare. He has advised domestic and foreign clients, from start-ups to listed companies. He also regularly advises clients on corporate governance matters that include conflict scenarios, distressed assets, crime prevention models and data privacy.

Clients have highlighted that “Franco Acchiardo is a very well-rounded lawyer who is always concrete in his recommendations.” Additionally, Franco has been recognized as LACCA Approved in Latin America, reflecting his reputation among the region’s top in-house counsel as a trusted advisor.

He is also very committed to his clients’ other testimonials highlight ‘Franco Acchiardo’ s high levels of competence and creativity when resolving situations that require innovative solutions. His professional ethics at all levels also stand out, both his commitment to the client and his unrestricted adherence to the law’’ with ‘excellent knowledge of commercial law’ and ‘impressive’. In 2020, Franco received the Client Choice Award by Lexology for his M&A work.