General Counsel
Andrew has served as outside general counsel for enterprises in every stage of the business life cycle, ranging from pre-revenue to over $250 million in annual revenue.
In addition to managing routine legal matters, Andrew performs the following in his role as general counsel:
- Negotiates sales, services, and distribution agreements with some of the world’s largest hotel groups, supermarkets, pharmacies, and technology companies, each accounting for millions of dollars in annual revenue.
- Instructs and advises boards of directors and executive committees on governance matters, and regularly attends board of directors and shareholders meetings.
- Structures and drafts executive, ownership, and incentive agreements, arrangements, and documentation. Frequently consulted on employment agreements, policies, and disputes.
- Guides companies through the launch of new product and service offerings and initiatives, including managing regulatory, structural, and operational challenges.
- Negotiates and structures joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, corporate investments, strategic alliances, spinoffs, liquidations, restructurings, and similar corporate transactions.
- Advises on expansion of product and service offerings into new geographical markets and market segments, including residential markets, government markets, hospitals, and foreign countries.
- Drafts and negotiates inbound and outbound license agreements with customers, vendors, and other stakeholders in the company’s product and service offerings.
- Drafts, coordinates, and digitizes company agreements and forms.
- Supervises legal aspects of lending, leasing, and other important commercial activities.
- Manages and negotiates agreements with vendors, suppliers, and other third parties with whom the company has commercial arrangements.
- Coordinates litigation and government investigations and proceedings with external counsel.
- Retains and manages domestic and international outside counsel (when necessary to be retained).
- Facilitates compliance with certain regulatory matters (including, telemarketing laws, HIPAA and privacy matters, and the Americans with Disabilities Act) as they relate to the company’s product and service offerings.
Andrew has worked extensively with the hospitality, software, technology, financial services, healthcare, and transportation industries.
