Andrew D.
Krause

Andrew D. Krause is a partner in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group. He advises on mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, joint ventures and other significant transactions for a diverse range of clients, including public and private companies, private equity funds and financial institutions. Andrew’s practice also includes advising clients on corporate governance and activist defense matters.

Andrew was recognized as a 2023 “Rising Star” in M&A by Law360 and a 2022 “Rising Star of the Year” by the International Financial Law Review.

Andrew’s experience includes advising:

• 3G Capital in its $7.1 billion acquisition of Hunter Douglas
• ABB in its $2.6 billion acquisition of General Electric’s Industrial Solutions business
• Amazon.com in:
  • its $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical
  • its proposed $1.4 billion acquisition of iRobot
• Aptiv in:
  • the spin-off of Versigent
  • the establishment of Motional, a $4 billion autonomous-driving joint venture with Hyundai Motor Group, and the partial sale of its stake in the joint venture
• Baker Hughes in its $32 billion merger with GE Oil & Gas
• Carrier Global Corporation in its strategic partnership with and investment in Montana Technologies
• Casey’s General Stores in its $1.145 billion acquisition of Fikes Wholesale, owner of CEFCO Convenience Stores
• The special committee of the board of directors of CBS in its merger with Viacom to form ViacomCBS Inc. (now Paramount Global), with an enterprise value of more than $40 billion
• Charles River Laboratories in its acquisition of MPI Research from Avista Capital Partners
• Continental Grain Company in its $4.5 billion joint venture with Cargill to acquire Sanderson Farms
• Crown Castle in:
  • the combined $8.5 billion sale of its small cells business to EQT Active Core Infrastructure fund and the sale of its fiber solutions business to Zayo Group Holdings
  • its successful proxy fight against Boots Capital
  • the activist campaign by Elliott Management
• Dana Incorporated in its approximately $2.7 billion sale of its Off-Highway business to Allison Transmission Holdings
• Digital Currency Group in the sale of CoinDesk to Bullish
• Equitable Holdings in its $22 billion merger of equals with Corebridge Financial
• General Electric in:
  • the spin-offs of GE HealthCare and GE Vernova and the Launch of GE Aerospace
  • its $21.4 billion sale of its biopharma business to Danaher
  • the more than $30 billion combination of its jet leasing unit, GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), with AerCap Holdings
• Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division’s acquisition with Rhône Capital of Neovia Logistics
• IG Group Holdings in its $1 billion acquisition of tastytrade
• Lockheed Martin in its $9 billion acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft
• MARA Holdings in its acquisition of two operational Bitcoin mining sites from subsidiaries of Generate Capital
• M. Klein & Company in the proposed sale of its investment banking business, The Klein Group, to Credit Suisse Group
• Nuance Communications in its $19.7 billion sale to Microsoft
• Oak Hill Capital Partners in its take-private acquisition of Otelco Inc., its partnership with NetSpeed and its strategic partnership with Ontario & Trumansburg Telephone Companies
• PricewaterhouseCoopers in its formation of its Global Enterprise Tax Solutions Group comprised of the former GE Tax Group
• Preferred Sands in the restructuring of indebtedness of more than $1.4 billion and the carve-out of certain of its in-basin production assets into a new entity, Signal Peak Silica
• Qualcomm, alongside SSW Partners, in its $4.5 billion topping bid for Veoneer
• Rocket Companies in a transaction to collapse its Up-C structure and eliminate its high-vote/low-vote structure
• Santander Financial in the sale of its Island Finance business to J.C. Flowers & Co.
• Stewart Information Services in its proposed $1.2 billion sale to Fidelity National Financial
• SSW Partners in its $1.6 billion acquisition of businesses of Delivery Hero in 14 markets across Europe and South America, in connection with Uber Technologies' $14.8 billion acquisition of Delivery Hero
• Sysco in its acquisition of Jetro Restaurant Depot for an enterprise value of approximately $29.1 billion
• Tailwind Capital in its acquisitions of Cumming Group and DermaRite
• Tyson Foods in its $9 billion acquisition of Hillshire Brands
• Universal Music Group in the unsolicited proposal by Pershing Square Capital Management
• Virtu Financial in its approximately $1 billion acquisition of Investment Technology Group