Rodrigo Albagli

Practice Areas

Compliance, Financial institutions, Government and public institutions, Advertising and marketing, Consumption and retail, Technology, Transport and logistics, Family businesses, Food and agriculture, Telecommunications, Hotels and restoration, Software e internet, Agritech, Food tech, Watertech, Fintech, Digital health, Artificial intelligence ,Banking and finances, Corporate and business, Business groups, Fusions and acquisitions, Real estate, Intellectual and industrial property, Life sciences, Data protection and privacy ,Technology, E-commerce, Venture capital, Private equity, Business restructuring and insolvency, Compliance, Reorganization and liquidation.

Career

Founding Partner of az. Lawyer, University of Chile and has training in Corporate Governance and Business Senior Management (PADE) programs, ESE Business School, Business School, Universidad de Los Andes, as well as The Management Program for Lawyers by Yale. He is Director of the Corporate group and actively participates in the Compliance Area.

He has more than 30 years of professional career and his practice is focused to the business world, corporate governance, and boards. He has extensive experience and knowledge in matters related to mergers and acquisitions, financial law, project finance, regulatory and corporate compliance, start-ups, venture capital, and private equity.

Mr. Albagli actively advises companies, shareholders, boards of directors and senior management of organizations at a national and international level, supporting their professionalization and succession processes, as well as in the implementation of corporate compliance models and legal risk management.

He led the establishment of the az Compliance practice area and structured the team. During 2021, he promoted Compliance as one of the three strategic pillars of the firm (along with technology and venture capital), focusing on its development as a strategic group that works cross sectionally with associated lawyers in all practice areas.

Likewise, he led the design and development of “Compliance Latam” (https://compliancelatam.legal/quienes-somos/), a platform focused on Compliance that brings together the most prestigious law firms in the region in the field, to share local regulations, best practices and relevant topics. The platform is aimed at Compliance Officers, Legal Managers, General Managers, and other relevant actors of this area of practice.

On the other hand, Mr. Albagli has provided strategic advice in corporate and compliance matters to leading companies across various industries. He supported Scale Capital, as a shareholder of a leading Latin American payment services provider, in a corporate restructuring aimed at securing Series A financing through investment funds and a convertible loan. He also advised a major telecommunications company in Chile, with more than 80 retail outlets, in connection with a complaint involving alleged antitrust violations, supplier fraud, and bribery.

In the aquaculture sector, he counseled a multinational company in southern Chile following a supplier’s complaint alleging that an employee had solicited illicit payments to maintain a contractual relationship. He also advised a gastronomy company in the Metropolitan Region after identifying misappropriation of assets linked to accounting errors.

Currently, he advises a technology startup in its growth and internationalization process, managing its legal needs across several markets where it already operates. His work includes the corporate structuring of the holding company and supporting the company’s fundraising efforts in preparation for its Series A round, which is aimed at driving its global expansion.

He has been recognized by IFLR 1000 in Corporate matters, Chambers and Partners, and Best Lawyers in the Compliance category.

Professional Memberships

-Member World Compliance Association (2021 to date).

-Board Member Apanio (2021 to date).

-Board Advisor HCS Capital (2021 to date).

-Member of G100 (2020 to date).

-Board Member Omnix International (2019 to date).

-Member Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (2001 – to date).

-Alliance, legal and compliance advisor, FGE.

Languages Spoken

Spanish, English.