Franco Tenerelli

Franco Tenerelli has served as Landsea Homes’ Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary since 2016. He previously served as Regional Counsel for Toll Brothers, a publicly traded homebuilder, from 2013 to 2016, managing the company’s legal affairs for the western region and and helping guide the successful acquisition and integration of Shapell Homes. Prior to Toll Brothers, he was a lawyer with Holland & Knight LLP, where he served as counsel to a variety of public and private companies. Tenerelli received a bachelor’s degree from UCLA and a JD degree from Loyola Law School, and he is currently completing an MBA at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Experienced business leader and corporate lawyer with a demonstrated track record in leading large-scale mergers and acquisitions, capital market and IPO/SPAC transactions, and corporate governance initiatives for both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies Prior to working in-house, worked as a high-stakes litigator, defending some of the world’s largest companies in multi-billion dollar legal matters.