Mr Andrew Kratenstein > McDermott Will & Emery LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
McDermott Will & Emery LLP Offices
340 MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10173-1922
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr Andrew Kratenstein
Work Department
Trial
Position
Andrew B. Kratenstein provides legal counsel on complex commercial litigation, focusing on financial services, private equity, securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, real estate and beverage distribution disputes. He represents national and multinational clients in a broad array of industries, including banking, private equity, real estate, hospitality, beverage distribution, sports, healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceuticals and energy.
Andrew currently chairs the Firm’s Litigation Training Committee and is also active in the Firm’s pro bono program. Among other matters, he has won several appeals on behalf of abused, neglected or abandoned immigrant children who have been denied the ability to apply for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. Andrew has been honored by Sanctuary for Families with its Above and Beyond Pro Bono Award honoring members of the legal profession for their outstanding pro bono representation and advocacy on behalf of Sanctuary’s clients.
Andrew has guest lectured at Columbia Law School on best practices for electronic discovery, and he has served as faculty for the Practising Law Institute’s symposium on Best Practices for Complex Cases and for Thompson Reuters on recent developments in mergers and acquisitions litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
McDermott Will & Emery LLP is noted for its expertise in defending accounting firms and their partners in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations and securities lawsuits, in addition to maintaining a robust healthcare litigation practice and advising on high-value disputes concerning intellectual property issues. Key clients include oil and gas entities, healthcare providers, pharmaceutical and life sciences companies, private equity investors and satellite companies, among others. In the firm’s New York office, John Calandra, who has demonstrable experience in cases involving space law and satellites issues, leads the practice alongside Los Angeles’ William Donovan and Jon Dean. Other key contacts in the group include Andrew Kratenstein and Joshua Simon, who operate from the firm’s New York office.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Tax > Financial products
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Government > Government contracts
- Finance > Fintech