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 led global transactions, activism defenses, and governance matters for strategic participants and sponsors, including ABM Industries, BioMarin, Bombardier, Brookfield, Cardinal Health, Centre Lane Partners, City of Hope, EagleTree Capital, J.F. Lehman & Company, Monster Beverage, Pegasus Capital, Procter & Gamble, Verizon, and WL Ross & Co.
Andy's recent matters include ABM's $830 million acquisition of Able Services; BioMarin's announcement of governance enhancements; EagleTree Capital's acquisitions of Summit Hill Foods, MMGY Global, PRA Events, Mackenzie-Childs, Integreon, and CORSAIR; J.F. Lehman's $5.2 billion consortium acquisition of Atlas Air and its single-asset continuation fund for NorthStar Group; Monster Beverage's $3 billion self-tender offer; KKR's acquisition of IVI-RMA; Procter & Gamble's $4.2 billion acquisition of Merck KGaA's consumer health business; Verizon's $3.6 billion sale of data center sites to Equinix; Galenica's $1.5 billion acquisition of Relypsa; Stillwater Mining's $2.2 billion acquisition by Sibanye Gold; and ITC Holdings' $11.3 billion acquisition by Fortis.
He has substantial experience in activism defense, distress M&A, joint ventures, special committee transactions, and corporate governance. 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, advertising and marketing, energy, and manufacturing.
Andy is a frequent author on Delaware law developments, M&A, and governance issues and has appeared as a commentator on CNBC's Squawk Box and Bloomberg TV and radio.
Experience
Additional Publications
- 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
Additional Speaking Engagements
- 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