Represents private equity funds, their portfolio companies and other corporate borrowers in U.S. and international leveraged acquisition financings and other complex debt financing transactions.
Represents both borrowers and lenders in connection with workouts, restructurings and liability management transactions.
Leads large-cap and middle-market financing transactions for companies in an array of industries, including health care, industrials and manufacturing, financial services, energy, transportation, technology, media and telecommunications, and hospitality industries.

Andrew's work covers a wide range of leveraged finance transactions with a focus on representing private equity sponsors and other borrowers in leveraged acquisition and asset-based financings, senior secured debt, high yield, bridge and mezzanine financings, distressed financings, recapitalization transactions and general corporate finance matters.

Andrew has successfully led significant debt financing transactions throughout the United States and in international markets. Andrew also has significant experience in financing in-court and out-of-court restructurings, including complex liability management transactions.

Andrew has advised on more than $50 billion of financing arrangements over the course of his career, with transactions ranging in size from tens of millions to in excess of $20 billion.

Clients benefit from Andrew’s ability to understand their business goals, to advocate effectively for them in high-stakes negotiations and to craft pragmatic solutions on transactions.

Prior to joining Akin, Andrew was a partner in the New York office of another international law firm, where he was Chair of that firm’s North America Banking & Finance Practice.

Representative Work

Private Equity Transactions

Represented Mubadala Capital, a sovereign investor, and its portfolio companies in various financing matters.
Represented Princeton Equity Group and its portfolio companies in various financing matters, including Princeton Medspa Partners’ growth capital financing to fund near-term acquisitions.
Represented Kinderhook Industries and its portfolio companies in various financing matters, including Kinderhook’s acquisition of CARDS Recycling and Compactor Rentals of America, its investment in Apex Waste Solutions and Apex Waste Solutions’ acquisition of Materials Management Company, Live Oak Environmental’s acquisition of Piney Woods Sanitation and ModuGo’s acquisition of Rent-A-Container.
Represented Mill Rock Capital and its portfolio companies in various financing matters, including Tandym Group’s acquisitions of Kolter Solutions and AETEA Information Technology.
Represented Bessemer Investors and its portfolio companies in various financing matters, including Legacy Restoration’s acquisition of Southern Roofing and Renovations and Tencarva Machinery’s acquisition of Tri-State Coating & Machine.
Represented Paine Schwartz Partners and its portfolio companies in various financing matters.
Represented ICV Partners and its portfolio companies in various financing matters.
Represented Sheridan Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in various financing matters, including the acquisitions of Future Care Consultants and FirstEnroll.
Represented Meritage Group and its portfolio companies in various financing matters.
Represented York Capital Management and its portfolio companies in various financing matters.
Represented Angelo, Gordon & Co. L.P. and its portfolio companies in various financing matters.
Represented Stephens Capital Partners and its portfolio company, Nest Sustainable Waste, in the financing of Nest Sustainable Waste’s acquisition of Owl Landfill Services.
Represented True, a portfolio company of LLR Partners, in various financing matters.
Represented Calera Capital in various financing matters, including the acquisitions of Thayer Infrastructure Services, LeCom Utility Contractors and Thayer Infrastructure Service's acquisition of J. Lee Associates, and the Anderson Group's acquisition of The Service Professor.
Represented One Equity Partners in various transactions and financing matters, including its acquisition of AMECO and AMECO’s acquisition of F&M MAFCO.
Represented Tiger Infrastructure Partners and its portfolio companies, Granite Comfort and American Natural, in various transactions and financing matters, including Granite Comfort's acquisition of Signature HVACR, Green Air Care, Strittmatter and T.E. Spall & Son.
Represented MiddleGround Capital in its acquisition of PVI Holdings Inc.
Represented Brookfield Business Partners in its acquisition of Altera Infrastructure and in its subsequent financing matters.
Represented TPG Capital in its acquisition of Transplace Logistics Solutions and in its subsequent financing matters.
Represented Vestar Capital in its acquisition of Information Resources Inc., a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, and in its subsequent financing matters.
Represented Baring Private Equity Asia in its investment in Prometric and in its subsequent financing matters.
Represented Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in its investment in Allied Universal.
Represented Starr Investment Holdings in its acquisition of ACA Compliance Group and ACA Compliance Group's subsequent acquisition of Cordium.
Represented J.H. Whitney Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of the Firebirds Wood Fired Grill restaurant chain and in its subsequent financing matters.
Represented the Drakewood Capital led-consortium on its acquisition of Small Tubes Products from Quilvest and in its subsequent financing matters.

Public Company Transactions

Represented AZZ Inc. (NYSE: AZZ) in its acquisition of the Sequa Corporation’s Precoat Metals business division from Sequa Corporation, a portfolio company of Carlyle and in its subsequent financing matters.
Represented Rimini Street (NASDAQ: RMNI) on various transactions and financing matters.
Represented Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) on various transactions and financing matters.
Represented Xperi Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: XPER) in its acquisition of Vewd Software Holding Limited.
Represented Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ: HELE) on various transactions and financing matters.
Represented Colfax Corporation (NYSE: CFX) in its sale of its Air and Gas Handling business to KPS Capital Partners.

Private Company Transactions

Represented Lendlease (U.S.) Capital Inc. in a sustainability-linked financing and in its subsequent financing matters.
Represented a subsidiary of Grupo ISA, Interconectado Eléctrica ISA Perú, in its acquisition of Peruvian energy transport company Orazul Energy Group from Inkia Energy.
Represented Société Générale and Bank BNP Paribas in financing the electrification and decarbonization of e-buses and associated charging infrastructure for the RED transit system in Santiago, Chile.
Represented Cresa Global in connection with various financing transactions.
Represented numerous private companies in their first significant leveraged loan financing transactions.

Workout and Restructuring Transactions

Represented MB Global Partners in connection with financing matters related to the bankruptcy proceedings of MD Helicopters, Inc.
Represented MB Global Partners in connection with financing matters related to the Zohar III bankruptcy proceedings.
Represented Mytheresa in its reorganization in connection with Neiman Marcus’s bankruptcy proceedings.
Represented American Hotel Register Company in various transactions and financing matters, including the sale of its North American hospitality supply business.
Represented Siemens Financial Services in connection with financing matters related to the bankruptcy proceedings of Speedcast Communications.
Represented Cenveo Inc. in its debtor-in-possession financing, its exit financing in connection with its reorganization and in its subsequent financing matters.
Represented Murray Energy Corporation in connection with various refinancing transactions.

List may include matters worked on prior to joining Akin.

Education
J.D., New York University School of Law, 2010
Bachelor of Arts in History, Amherst College, with distinction, 2003

Bar Admissions
New York

Recognitions

The Legal 500 US, Leading Lawyer in Commercial Lending, 2023.
Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Market Deal of the Year, for leading the financing of AZZ Inc.’s acquisition of the Precoat Metals division of Sequa Corporation, 2023.
Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Market Deal of the Year, Honorable Mention, for leading the financings of MiddleGround Capital’s acquisition of PVI Holdings and Xperi’s acquisition of Vewd Software, 2023.
Super Lawyers, New York, Rising Star, 2018-2022.
U.S. Department of State, Meritorious Honor Award.

Affiliations and Public Service

Board of Directors, Summer Search New York City
Board of Directors, the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG)
Served as the Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Office of the Secretary of State, under General Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice

Speeches and Publications

“The Road Ahead for Private Equity: Reflections and Predictions,” Akin, March 2024.
Panelist, “Acquisition Finance,” Akin Dealmaker‘s Boot Camp, November 2022 and November 2023.
“Private Credit Insights: Exploring the Challenges of Side Letters in Financing Transactions,” Akin, May 2023.
Co-author, “2022 US Private Equity Guide,” The Legal 500, January 2022.
Co-author, “2021 US Private Equity Guide,” The Legal 500, January 2021.
Keynote Interviewee, “A Shift in Thinking for Debt Finance,” Private Equity International’s U.S. Mid-Market Special Edition, September 2020.
Guest Speaker, “Absolute Priority: Liquidity Enhancement Alternatives in the COVID-19 Era,” Debtwire Radio, July 2020.
Guest Speaker, “How to Maximize Debt Capacity and Best Practices in Strategically Handling COVID-19,” The Optical Society (OIDA), May 2020.
Co-author, “COVID-19 – Distressed M&A – A Road Map for Potential Buyers of Distressed Businesses in Section 363 Bankruptcy Sales,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, April 2020.
Co-author, “2020 US Private Equity Guide,” The Legal 500, January 2020.
Co-author, “US Bank Regulatory Agencies Issue Final Guidance on Leveraged Lending Practices: High-Level. Considerations for Financial Institutions,” Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, June 2013.