Francesco Salpietro Bio

Francesco Salpietro is a corporate and transactional attorney in Holland & Knight's Philadelphia office, where he focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), search funds, private equity and general corporate advisory work. Clients rely on Mr. Salpietro's knowledge and experience when it comes to M&A, asset sales, roll-up transactions, divestitures, capital raising, equity structuring and exit strategies. His diverse client base includes domestic and international search funds, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, founders and entrepreneurs, family offices, family-owned enterprises and other private and public companies. Mr. Salpietro also has extensive experience representing search funds and search fund entrepreneurs. He has represented dozens of search funds – led by searchers from some of the top MBA programs in the country – in all phases of their search, including initial formation, acquisition, operation and exit. Mr. Salpietro's industry experience is far-reaching and includes manufacturing, distribution, financial services, wealth management, life sciences, medical devices, waste management, residential and commercial services, software as a service (SaaS) offerings and event and project management. In addition to his corporate work, Mr. Salpietro is an active member of the LGBTQ+ legal community, and his pro bono efforts focus on representing LGBTQ+ individuals in name changes and asylum proceedings.