Andrew M. Johnston > Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP > Wilmington, United States > Lawyer Profile

Andrew M. Johnston

302-351-9202 ajohnston@morrisnichols.com View profile

Work Department

Corporate Counseling

Position

Andy serves as chair of the Firm’s Executive Committee.  His practice includes advising corporations and their counsel on a wide variety of Delaware corporate law issues including those relating to the fiduciary duties of directors, officers and stockholders, financings, conflict of interest transactions, corporate governance, indemnification and director liability.

He has worked closely with boards of directors, special committees of directors, and managements of public and private corporations in conflict transactions, proxy contests, sale of control and business combination transactions, hostile takeovers and initial public offerings.

For more, visit his bio at https://www.morrisnichols.com/lawyers-andrew-m-johnston.

Career

Andy serves on the Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association, which considers amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law and other Delaware statutes that enable the formation of other types of business entities.

Andy frequently writes and speaks on the role and duty of directors and stockholders.  He is the coauthor of two Bloomberg BNA Corporate Practice Series Portfolios: Special Committees of Independent Directors and Preferred Stock.

Memberships

• American Bar Association (Business Law Section)
  • Drafting Subcommittee of the Corporate Practice Committee
• American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• Contemporary Corporate Forms published by Aspen Law and Business (Editor)
• Delaware State Bar Association (Council of the Corporation Law Section)

Education

• J.D., cum laude, 1982, Northwestern University School of Law
• A.B., economics, summa cum laude, 1979, Kenyon College