Andrew Gilbert

Practice Areas

• Mergers & Acquisitions Transactions and Structuring

• General Corporate Counseling

• Family Office and Private Fund Transactions and Structuring

• Private Equity Transactions and Structuring

• Venture Capital & Founders

• SEC, Corporate Governance & Business Counseling

Career

Andrew (“Andy”) Gilbert focuses his practice on private M&A transactions, venture capital, and business counseling. Start-up, established, and founder-led companies in the middle market space depend on Andy’s substantive experience with complex transactions across industries ranging from high-tech, food service, aerospace, and medical device to SaaS, insurance, oil and gas, and many others. With a deep understanding of both the business and legal issues that arise during corporate transactions, Andy serves as a trusted advisor to clients, providing sophisticated and comprehensive support across the life cycle of the deals he brings together.

Prior to joining CROKE FAIRCHILD DUARTE & BERES, Andy was a Senior Associate at Hogan Lovells US LLP based in their Washington, D.C. office where he focused on strategic and financial mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, and fundraising for both public and private companies of varying sizes. Andy has advised on transactions ranging in size from a few million up to $40 billion USD.

Andy began his corporate legal career as an associate in the Chicago office of Greenberg Traurig LLP focused primarily on private equity M&A transactions, corporate governance, transaction financing, and general corporate matters.

Clients

• Founder-led startups and growth companies

• Private equity firms and portfolio companies

• Family offices

• Venture capital investors

• Strategic corporate buyers and sellers

Industry Sector Expertise

• Middle-market M&A

• Early-stage and venture capital investments

• Cross-border transactions

• Regulated industries (e.g., insurance, energy, and health)

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Illinois

Work Highlights

• Lead counsel on multiple middle-market private M&A transactions in sectors including medical devices, SaaS, insurance, and energy.

• Advised a U.S.-based aerospace company in a strategic acquisition valued at over $500 million.

• Represented founder-led start-ups through early-stage fundraising and growth-stage exits.

• Counseled a global technology client on spin-off and reorganization transactions exceeding $3 billion.

Education