Andrew Bonnes > WilmerHale > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile
WilmerHale Offices
60 STATE STREET
BOSTON, MA 02109
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
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Andrew Bonnes
Work Department
Capital Markets; Cross-Border Transactions; Emerging Company and Venture Capital; Life Sciences; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company) Transactions; Technology
Position
Partner
Career
As a leading corporate lawyer and trusted business advisor, Andrew focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and public company counseling. He has represented buyers, sellers, boards of directors, significant investors, financial advisors and other interested parties in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, investments, joint ventures, alliances, PIPEs and other strategic transactions across a broad range of industries. He has also advised public companies on a variety of corporate matters, including corporate governance, fiduciary duties, securities law compliance and defensive measures. Learn more about Mr. Bonnes’ practice and how he can support your startup on WilmerHaleLaunch.com.
Andrew maintains an active pro bono practice, representing organizations such as Digital Public Library of America and Epilepsy Foundation New England on a variety of matters.
Memberships
Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts
New York
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School , J.D. cum laude (2007)
Dartmouth College , B.A. (1998)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
(Leading partners)Recognized as ‘experts’ in the M&A space, WilmerHale works across the financial services, life sciences, and tech sectors, and frequently serves a client base comprising start-ups and investment banks. Offering an interdisciplinary service by liaising with the firm’s IP, tax, and employment teams, the group is co-led by Boston-based duo Hal Leibowitz and Joseph Conahan, who are well-versed in corporate and securities law, and divestitures and acquisitions, respectively. In New York, Andy Alin concentrates on representing financial institutions in SPAC transactions, Mike Gilligan advises private equity funds in cross-border buy- and sell-side M&A, while the ‘terrific’ Chris Barnstable-Brown has ample tech sector M&A expertise, and Tal Hacohen focuses on joint ventures and corporate restructurings. From Washington DC, the ‘highly experienced’ Stephanie Evans covers business expansions and strategic investments, while Boston-based Andrew Bonnes handles public company counseling. In Denver, Keith Trammell is proficient in guiding clients through hostile acquisition proposals and leveraged buyouts, while Will Myer is recommended for his strengths in financing transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Government > State attorneys general
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Government > Government relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation