Andrew focuses on public finance and economic development matters, with an emphasis on revenue-backed finance transactions and economic development tax incentives. He represents issuers, underwriters, purchasers and borrowers of tax-exempt revenue debt in the areas of health care, education, housing, transportation and infrastructure, as well as Industrial Development Agencies providing, and companies accessing, tax-incentive programs in economic development projects.
Andrew’s transactional experience includes work on financings and other matters for the New York State Thruway Authority, the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, the Urban Development Corporation d/b/a Empire State Development, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the New York State Housing Finance Agency, the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency, the Suffolk County Water Authority, the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency, the Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency, the Nassau County Bridge Authority, the State of Connecticut and several Local Development Corporations in their capacity as bond issuers.
He has represented many of the major underwriters, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, D.A. Davidson & Co. and Robert W. Baird & Co., as well as several commercial banks in their capacity as purchasers of tax-exempt bonds, including BankUnited, N.A and TD Bank, N.A.
His transactional background includes work on fixed rate as well as multi-modal variable rate programs, public offerings, tenders, competitive sales, negotiated underwritings, private placements and direct purchase transactions.