Vedder

Finance & Transactions

Partner

Andrew Harris guides private equity firms, entrepreneurs, high-net-worth individuals, portfolio companies, and management teams through complex financial and corporate transactions.

With commercial, solutions-focused legal advice, he helps his clients achieve strategic growth, drive value and successfully close a range of M&A transactions, including new platform deals, bolt-on acquisitions, management incentive programmes and exits.

Andrew’s core practice encompasses structuring and negotiating share and asset purchases, company disposals, management buyouts/buy-ins, joint ventures and buy-and-build strategies. His practice spans both domestic and cross-border transactions, with a particular focus on the UK and Europe, delivering creative, business-focused, cost-effective solutions to optimise outcomes.

His calm, strategic yet practical negotiation style often helps accelerate deal flow and preserve value in high-pressure environments.

Before joining Vedder, Andrew served as London managing partner and as a private equity and M&A partner at an Am Law 100 firm and as EMEA head of private equity at a top global law firm.

Queens' College, University of Cambridge, M.A., (Honors, First Class)