Andrew counsels middle-middle to high-middle market companies and private equity firms spanning many industries, drawing from his wide-ranging experience in corporate growth and finance, governance, and labor and employment matters. What clients value most is his deft handling of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, reorganizations, IPOs, SPAC and reverse merger transactions.

Andrew’s trained analytical mind and prior legal background offer clients advantages throughout the entire transaction, from initial offer to close, and Andrew’s dexterity with numbers bolsters the client’s negotiating position because he can quickly interpret and assess issues arising over working capital, earnouts, purchase price adjustments, tax liabilities, equity rollovers, and backend exposure. The larger, more complex, and more sophisticated the deal, the more value Andrew brings to the table.

Andrew knows that, for owners, selling a business can be a milestone life event, and for buyers, purchasing a business can be as significant and life-changing. Andrew commits himself to deliver the best arrangement for each client because every deal is personal to him

  • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America Corporate Law, 2024-2026
  • Wisconsin Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2017-2018, 2021-2025

• Represented a private equity-backed residential building products company in the $50 million acquisition of an Arizona-based manufacturer of high-quality roof flashing and plastic weather-blocking products
• Represented a bio-pharma holding company in rolling-up 5 southwest-based operating companies and the subsequent de-SPAC merger with a valuation of $1.1 billion
• Represented a SPAC in the acquisition of a California-based biopharma company with a valuation of $350 million
• Represented a pharmacy benefits manager in $475 million merger with a Florida-based customer and a subsequent $300 million private equity minority interest transaction.
• Represented a national bank in the sale of its Wisconsin-based benefits division for $265 million
• Represented a Wisconsin-based privately-held global manufacturing company in a $505 million acquisition of a Chinese-based motor controller and electric vehicle technology company
• Represented a large technical equipment manufacturer in a $173 million acquisition of a Utah-based bar code scanner manufacturer
• Represented a holding company in the roll-up of 6 operating aviation technology companies a valuation of $600 million
• Represented three different Medicare insurance brokerages in the sale of their businesses to private equity-backed insurance companies for $9 million, $15 million, and $13 million, respectively
• Represented an international chemical company in a $55 million acquisition of a Texas-based cementing, stimulation, drilling, and production chemical company
• Represented a publicly traded company in a reverse merger acquisition of a bio-pharma company with a valuation of $103 million
• Represented a Wisconsin-based stone quarry in a leverage buyout by a Canadian-based private equity firm with a valuation of $85 million
• Represented a SPAC in the acquisition of a Nevada-based aerospace company with a valuation of $45 million
• Represented a Texas-based roofing and solar company in the sale of its business for $20 million