W. Andrew Jack

Andrew Jack has a diverse corporate and securities practice with clients principally in the industrial manufacturing, technology and sports and entertainment industries. He regularly represents corporations, board committees, and other forms of enterprises in mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, financing activities, Sarbanes-Oxley and 1934 Act compliance, corporate governance counseling, and executive compensation arrangements.

Representative Matters

• Counsel to Joy Global Inc., a worldwide leader in high-productivity mining solutions, in its $270 million acquisition of NES Investment, Co., the parent holding company of Continental Global Inc, a leader in bulk material conveyor systems.
• Lead counsel to the D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission in relocation of the former Montreal Expos to Washington D.C., including stadium development and interim lease agreements with Major League Baseball and the Washington Nationals, $535 million stadium revenue bond offering, and related legislative approvals.
• Principal outside counsel for JLG Industries, Inc. -- $3.2 billion merger into Oshkosh Truck Corporation, Global Strategic Alliance with Caterpillar for the development, manufacture and marketing by JLG of Caterpillar-branded telehandlers, Acquisitions of Omniquip and Gradall Industries, public offering of $125 million common stock, private placements of $125 million senior notes and $175 million senior subordinated notes.
• Representation of independent board committees of two technology companies addressing stock options practices, evaluation of strategic alternatives, succession of senior management.
• Advised Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc. (successor to Chiron Corporation) in its plans to locate, construct and operate a cell culture-derived influenza vaccines manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina.
• Advised Barclays in its 20-year naming rights and sponsorship agreement with the New Jersey Nets for the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
  

Honors and Rankings

• Chambers USA (2005-2008) - Corporate/M&A and Private Equity

Memberships and Affiliations

• Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Member

Publications and Speeches

• "Going Dark From a Deal: Exiting the Reporting System After Completion of a Merger," Insights (February 2007), Co-Author
• "The Next Big Scandal? Stock Option Practices Under Scrutiny," Covington Advisory (5/26/2006), Co-Author
• "Blue Ribbon Panel Sends Wake Up Call to Sleepy Audit Committees," Public Company Advocate (2/1/1999), Author