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André Weiss, a senior partner in New York, represents hedge funds, private equity funds, banks and other financial institutions, and real estate and other businesses in connection with strategic and private equity acquisitions, with a sub-specialty in alternative asset management acquisitions. He also has substantial experience with public and 144A offerings, distressed acquisitions and corporate governance matters. Significant representations include, in the areas of (i) acquisitions and dispositions, matters involving BAWAG P.S.K., Highbridge, LNR, and Horizon Lines, (ii) acquisitions and dispositions of distressed businesses, matters involving Metrocall and D.B. Zwirn, (iii) equity and debt offerings, IPOs for Horizon Lines and Oppenheimer Capital, and (iv) corporate governance, serving as secretary to Toys “R” Us for nine years while at SRZ.
A leading attorney in the alternative asset management M&A sector for over 20 years, he recently participated on a panel on “Trends in M&A Involving Hedge Fund and Private Equity Managers” at a 2011 NYC Bar Association What Attorneys Need to Know About Private Equity & Hedge Funds: Fundamentals, Distinctions, Investor Demands & Recent Developments Program.
Selected Representations
Acquisitions and Dispositions
Weiss Peck & Greer LLC, Delaware Management, Boston Partners, Allegheny International (Sunbeam Oster), Newcourt Credit and SFX Entertainment.
Offerings and Financing
Oppenheimer Capital initial public offering, The CIT Group, Inc. initial public offering, £130 million Stepped Coupon Bond International Offering for Toys “R” Us, Inc, Convertible Trust Preferred Rule 144A offering for Golden Books Family Entertainment, Inc. and $1 billion bank credit facility for Toys “R” Us, Inc.
Corporate Counsel Representations
Metrocall Holdings, Advanced Accessories, Horizon Lines.
Selected Publications
“Alternative Asset Manager Acquisitions: Addressing the Human Paradigm in the Integration Process,” The Hedge Fund Journal, March 2011 (co-author)
“New Paradigm in Asset Manager M&A: Financial Institution Alliances with Hedge Fund Managers,” The Hedge Fund Journal, November 2010 (co-author)
“Trading in Claims and Taking Control of the Chapter 11 Debtor: Allegheny Revisited,” Practising Law Institute, 1991 (co-author)
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Selected Speaking Engagements
“Trends in M&A Involving Hedge Fund and Private Equity Managers,” NYC Bar Association What Attorneys Need to Know About Private Equity & Hedge Funds: Fundamentals, Distinctions, Investor Demands & Recent Developments Program, November 2011
“Management Company Capital Transactions,” SRZ 20th Annual Private Investment Funds Seminar, January 2011
“Public and Private Sales of Ownership in Hedge Fund Managers,” SRZ Cutting Edge Alternative Asset Management Deals seminar, July 2007
“Selling the Fund Manager,” SRZ 14th Annual Private Investment Funds Seminar, January 2005
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Memberships
New York City Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Other Distinctions
The Best Lawyers in America
New York Super Lawyers
Bar Admissions
Education
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Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1977
- Editor, Syracuse Law Review
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New York University, B.A., 1974
Prior Experience
Secretary, Toys "R" Us Inc., 1991-98
Associate, Shearman & Sterling, 1979-86
Staff Attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Market Regulation, 1977-79