About

Andres Eyzaguirre, the ‘excellent’ general counsel at Nestlé Chile boasts 15 years of experience as an in-house and private practice lawyer and has been educated across Chile, Switzerland and Italy. Known as an ‘inspiring leader who knows [how] to keep his team focused and motivated’, Eyzaguirre has developed a legal function with a strong technical expertise, capable of tackling the legal issues of a multi-billion enterprise with strong footprint in the region. Reporting to the chief legal officer of Nestlé Group based in Switzerland, Eyzaguirre has made important contributions to the food and beverage company’s operations in Chile, Latin America and worldwide. Key highlights include input to the successful reorganisation of the global intellectual property legal department, leadership of Nestlé’s Central American corporate and tax structures and the design and implementation of an agreement management tool. In addition, Eyzaguirre’s efforts to lead diversity initiatives within the Latin American legal profession have drawn attention and praise from across the industry. Prior to joining Nestlé in 2008, he worked as an executive director at the financial services company Fusion Factoring, where he was in charge of the legal department, focusing on corporate, banking and commercial litigation and implemented anticorruption procedures.