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Andrew J Nussbaum

Andrew J Nussbaum

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Practice Areas

Andrew J. Nussbaum's practice involves a wide range of merger and acquisition-related matters, including cross-border transactions, spin-offs, divestitures, carve-out IPOs, private equity transactions and joint ventures. Mr. Nussbaum also handles related work in public offerings, financings, corporate governance and takeovers, and has completed a number of multibillion dollar cross-border transactions involving mergers between U.S. and European companies, acquisitions in Latin America, investments in China, a public company transaction in Russia and a major transaction involving one of Australia’s largest listed companies. While involved with a wide range of industries, he has extensive experience with international companies in media and entertainment, cross-border matters and private equity transactions.

Career

Andrew J. Nussbaum is the Co-Chair of the firm’s Executive Committee and a member of the Corporate Department, joining the firm in 1993 and becoming partner in 1999. Mr. Nussbaum graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College (1985) and has a master’s degree from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He attended the University of Chicago Law School, where he received his J.D. with high honors (1991), was a member of Order of the Coif and served as editor-in-chief of The University of Chicago Law Review. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Nussbaum served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, then of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and thereafter to Justice Antonin Scalia, United States Supreme Court.

Personal

Mr. Nussbaum speaks Russian and Spanish, and he is a member of the New York State and American Bar Associations.

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Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border) - USA

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Andrew Nussbaum operates a highly respected corporate practice that is relied upon by clients in significant domestic and international deals. He deploys his expertise in M&A, spin-offs, divestitures and joint ventures, among other transactions.

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