Andy Levine is co-chair of Jones Day's Corporate Practice, with responsibility for the Firm's Global M&A and Private Equity areas of focus. He has been the lead lawyer on global transactions for both sponsors and strategic participants, including ABM Industries, Bombardier, Brookfield, Cardinal Health, EagleTree Capital, J.F. Lehman & Company, Monster Beverage, Omnicom Group, Pegasus Capital, Procter & Gamble, Ryder System, Sprint-Nextel, Stanley Works, Verizon, and WL Ross & Co.
Andy's recent transactions include ABM's $830 million acquisition of Able Services; EagleTree Capital's acquisitions of Lignetics, Integreon, CORSAIR, Gaylord Chemical Company, and FuseFX and its recent sale of Airtech Group; J.F. Lehman's single asset continuation fund for NorthStar Group and its acquisition of ENTACT; Procter & Gamble's $4.2 billion acquisition of Merck KGaA's consumer health care business; Verizon's $3.6 billion sale of 24 data center sites to Equinix; Galenica's acquisition of Relypsa for $1.53 billion; Stillwater Mining's acquisition by Sibanye Gold for $2.2 billion; and ITC Holdings' acquisition by Fortis for $11.3 billion. He has substantial experience in venture capital, distress M&A, joint ventures, special committee transactions, corporate governance, takeover preparedness, and restructurings. Andy has worked in a wide range of industries, including pharmaceuticals and health care, consumer goods and retail, telecommunications, real estate, financial services, facility services, shipping, advertising and marketing, energy, and manufacturing.
Andy is a frequent author on Delaware law developments, private equity, M&A, and governance issues and has appeared as a commentator on CNBC's Squawk Box, Bloomberg TV, and Bloomberg Radio.
執業經驗
著作
- 2014
Things Are Looking Up: The Outlook for M&A Transactions in 2014, coauthor, Mergers and Acquisitions Law 2014 - 2013
Confidence, Risk, and Reason for Optimism: A Look Ahead at M&A in 2013, coauthor, Mergers and Acquisitions Law 2013 - 2012
Revisiting the Legal Due Diligence Paradigm, coauthor, Inside the Minds: Business Due Diligence Strategies, 2012 ed. - March 2004
Truth and Confidentiality, coauthor, The Daily Deal, Corporate Dealmakers Section - May 2003
Omnicare, coauthor, New York Law Journal
演講
- June 3, 2013
2013 Deutsche Bank M&A Forum
- Boston University (J.D. magna cum laude 1998; Law Review); Northwestern University (B.A. 1994)
- New York
Two-time Private Equity MVP (2016 and 2017) — Law360
40 Under 40 Recognition Award recipient — The M&A Advisor
Editorial board member (PE) — Law360 (2018-2019)
Editorial board member (M&A) — Law360 (2013-2016)
The Legal 500 US — M&A: Large Deals ($1 billion+) and Private Equity