Andrew has extensive experience representing clients on a variety of complex M&A and capital markets transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, capital raising transactions, spinoffs and joint ventures, and strategic initiatives.
Andrew has significant recent experience in advising participants in the investment product and wealth management industries, including broker-dealers, investment advisers, portfolio managers, investment funds and asset managers. His expertise extends to strategic transactions, emerging fintech regulation, and securities compliance and regulatory matters, including notably with respect to the regulation of crypto assets. Andrew has recently advised numerous Canadian and foreign fintech and payments companies and crypto asset trading platforms with respect to regulatory matters.
Andrew joined the firm after several years at another leading Canadian law firm and after gaining several years of in-house experience, including varied roles—such as advising on asset and wealth management, securities and M&A matters—within the legal department of a Canadian diversified financial institution as well as building and leading the legal function for a renewable power portfolio company of a U.S.-based asset manager.
He previously clerked for Justice Pierre Journet of the Superior Court of Québec.