Overview
Andrew P. Heather is a senior associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practices.
Andrew advises corporate clients and private equity funds (and their portfolio companies) on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, divestitures and carve-outs, joint ventures, recapitalizations, and other corporate matters, across a broad spectrum of industries. Andrew also represents sponsors, project developers, borrowers, financial institutions, private equity funds and other capital providers and investors in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
Experience
- SK Group, one of the world's largest sustainable infrastructure companies, in an investment agreement with World Energy GH2 for the development and construction of a $4.5 billion green hydrogen project located in Newfoundland, Canada, named Project Nujio'qonik.
- Atlas Holdings in multiple acquisitions and divestments in the industrials sector, including the acquisition of USF Holdings from the Gores Group
- Cardinal Midstream in the acquisition of Medallion Delaware Basin, LLC from Medallion Midstream Services, LLC
- EnCap Flatrock Midstream in the formation of EFM Braz Holdings, LLC and an equity commitment to Brazos Midstream Holdings III, LLC
- Guggenheim Investments on multiple equity investments, including preferred equity financings of three fiber network operators and a major home healthcare services provider*
- Lotte Chemical USA Corporation in an $89 million sale of a joint venture equity interest to an affiliate of Westlake Corporation*
- Sixth Street Partners in a Series C preferred equity financing of Piano Software, a B2B software provider*
- Irradiant Partners in a $100 million preferred equity financing of PosiGen, a leading provider of solar energy solutions for low to moderate income households*
- Oak Hill Advisors on a $500 million joint venture with Bluesource for the development of forest offsets*
- Elbit Systems in its $380 million acquisition of Sparton Corporation, a key supplier of undersea warfare systems to the U.S. Navy, from an affiliate of Cerberus Capital*
- Uber Technologies and affiliate Aleka Insurance in a $345 million loss portfolio transfer reinsurance transaction with James River under which Aleka will reinsure all of James River’s commercial auto policies related to Uber’s ridesharing business*
- EMX Capital in its approximately $100 million GP-led secondary restructuring*
- Merck & Co. on its global reorganization in connection with the $9 billion spin-off of its women’s health, trusted legacy brands and biosimilars businesses*
- The Walt Disney Company in the sale of its FOX Sports Mexico assets to Grupo Lauman*
- Monster Beverage Corporation on multiple regulatory and strategic matters across the Americas*
- Korea Electric Power Corporation and Sprott Korea in the acquisition of Canadian Solar’s 49% interest in three photovoltaic projects in Mexico and their agreement to acquire Canadian Solar’s remaining interest in the projects following their commercial operation date
- Johnson & Johnson on multiple acquisitions and divestitures in the medical devices and pharmaceutical sectors*
- The Murdoch Family Trust in the negotiation and execution of a stockholders agreement with FOX Corporation entered into in connection with the company’s $2 billion stock repurchase program*
- IAC/InterActiveCorp in the structuring, negotiation and execution of equity derivatives transactions to hedge $1.15 billion of exchangeable notes, and the spin-off of the Match Group*
- Prisma Medios de Pago, Argentina’s leading payments company, in the sale of 51% equity stake to Advent International, valuing the company at $1.42 billion*
- Colbeck Capital in a distressed acquisition and subsequent workout in the education sector*
- Trafigura in its approximately $200 million joint venture with IEnova to develop a refined products terminal and storage facility in Manzanillo, Mexico*
- Ascent Resources in its equity investment by Riverstone and simultaneous acquisition of Utica Shale assets from Salt Fork Resources, a Riverstone-backed company*
- Warburg Pincus in a $300 million capital commitment to Citizen Energy Holdings*
- Bonanza Creek Energy on its proposed $746 million sale to SandRidge Energy*
- Warburg Pincus in its lead role in a $1.3 billion line of equity commitment to Venari Resources*
- The Blackstone Group and portfolio company Fisterra Energy in the $852 million sale of the Ventika wind generation facilities, one of the largest in Latin America, to IEnova*
- Quintana Energy Services in its out-of-court recapitalization and debt restructuring*
- Emerson Electric in its strategic portfolio repositioning, including the sale of its InterMetro business unit to Ali Group and its $3.15 billion acquisition of the Valves & Controls business of Pentair*
- An affiliate of Goldman Sachs on its sale of Sigma Electric to Argand Partners*
- Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments in its preferred equity investment in Aquilon Energy Services*
- PartnerRe in its contested merger with AXIS Capital and subsequent $6.9 billion acquisition by EXOR*
- F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd in its acquisition of Kapa Biosystems, Inc.*
- Shire plc in its $5.2 billion acquisition of NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
- Morgan Stanley and Barclays Capital Inc. as financial advisers to Coty Inc. in connection with its $12.5 billion Reverse Morris Trust acquisition of The Procter and Gamble Company’s beauty businesses*
- Tailwind Capital and its portfolio company, Long’s Drugs Inc., in its acquisition of Avita Drugs Inc.*
- Roper Technologies, Inc. on its acquisition of RF IDeas, Inc.*
- Grupo Televisa in its $745 million acquisition of Cablecom*
- GP Investments in the restructuring of over $400 million of debt of an oil & gas portfolio company*
- Corporacion Inmobiliaria Vesta on its $216 million equity follow-on and secondary 144A/Reg S offerings*
- The Republic of Guatemala in its 144A/Reg S offering of $700 million sovereign notes due 2028*
- The ad hoc bondholder committee of Industrias Unidas, including Gramercy Advisors and Outrider Management, in the company’s restructuring of approximately $420 million of indebtedness, implemented through a prepackaged Chapter 11*
- The derivative counterparties of Controladora Comercial Mexicana in the company’s $3.2 billion cross-border financial restructuring implemented through a prepackaged Chapter 11*
* Denotes prior firm experience
Qualifications
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Education
Stanford Law School
Universidad Iberoamericana
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Awards & Accolades
- Recognized in The Legal 500 for Corporate and M&A in Latin America (2020)
- Recognized in The Legal 500 United States for Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power (2022)