Andrew is an associate in the corporate department and a member of the firm's asset management group. Andrew represents registered and unregistered investment companies and investment advisers in regulatory, transactional and compliance matters. He provides advice regarding the creation, registration and operation of new and existing investment products designed for institutional or retail investors. He assists private fund advisers entering the registered fund space and provides advice to registered investment advisers with respect to regulatory and compliance issues.
Additionally, Andrew is a member of the firm’s asset management M&A group and regularly advises clients on mergers and acquisitions involving both investment advisers, fund businesses, wealth management platforms, and GP stakes.
During law school, Andrew served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Frank M. Gaziano at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Andrew also served as a teacher's assistant and a research assistant for several professors. In his final year of law school, Andrew served as a note editor for the Suffolk University Law Review.
Experience
- Provides ongoing advice to several global asset managers with regard to the operation and offering of registered and unregistered investment vehicles pursuing a variety of strategies, including cash management, absolute return, international equity, fund-of-funds, master-feeder and multi-manager.
- Has represented SSGA Funds Management, Inc. on a wide range of matters, including compliance matters, regulatory filings, fund disclosure, board matters and the establishment, registration, and operation of new funds.
- Represents the Independent Trustees of Datum One Series Trust.
- Represents Stone Ridge Asset Management in a variety of different matters, including new fund offerings and day-to-day compliance advice.
- Represented Stone Ridge Asset Management on the launch of its suite of over 40 LifeX funds, which include ETFs with corresponding unlisted closed-end funds.
- Represents Cohen & Steers in a variety of different matters, including new fund offerings and day-to-day compliance advice.
- Represented TPG in its acquisition of Angelo Gordon.
- Represented Partners Capital in a variety of matters including the sale of a minority interest to General Atlantic and ongoing compliance advice.
- Represented Natixis in various transactional matters.
- Provides ongoing advice and compliance reviews with regard to investment management operations, as well as ongoing representation of privately placed registered investment companies, for Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited.
- Represents several organizations and private equity firms with respect to their asset management merger and acquisition activities.