Andy practices business law with a focus on corporate restructuring, lending and private mergers and acquisitions. He is recognized nationally and internationally both as a leading Canadian banking practitioner and as one of Canada’s pre-eminent restructuring practitioners, and is listed in many domestic and international directories including LEXPERT’S 500 leading lawyers in Canada.

In addition to carrying on an active practice as Chair of the firm’s Debt Products and Restructuring practice, Andy serves as the firm’s Chief Executive Officer focusing externally on client relationships.

Andy has written on a wide variety of legal matters including corporate reorganizations, lending transactions and directors’ duties. He has led professional efforts to reform Canada’s business insolvency laws, serving as Chair of the Joint Task Force on Business Insolvency Law Reform of the Insolvency Institute of Canada and the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals from 2001 to 2005. He lectures at the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto and serves as a director of the George Brown College Foundation.

Quotes from Chambers Global Directory

“recognized as one of the stars of the [corporate restructuring] field, with a real creative streak and the ability to ‘always to dig a bit deeper’ ”
“admired for possessing capabilities to deal with the most difficult legal issues in any financing context”
“immensely shrewd and formidable adversary”
“clients were effusive in their praise”
“distils complex business issues into simple language”
“he inspires other lawyers to raise their game”
“no one doubts [his] academic pedigree and technical excellence”
“impressive street fighter and strategist”

Publications/Presentations   April 2008 Insolvency & Financial Restructuring - Recent Developments of Importance 2008 Lexpert / American Lawyer - Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada   January 2008 Eligible Financial Contracts vs. Insolvency: Round II Annual Review of Insolvency Law - 2007 - Janis P. Sarra, Editor   September 2007 Legal Strategies for Acquiring Distressed Businesses in Canada Chapter 14 in "Corporate Finance for Canadian Executives", edited by Howard E. Johnson (Carswell - Thomson Canada Limited - 2007)   June 2007 DEEPENING INSOLVENCY: Will the U.S. theory be adopted in Canada? Restructuring Bulletin