Andrew B. Smith

ANDREW SMITH focuses his practice on tax matters.

Prior to joining Sidley, Andrew worked as a transactional tax associate for one of the Big Four accounting firms.

Andrew holds a LL.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law. Andrew obtained his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.

• GIC in connection with the US$18.3 billion take-private acquisition of Hologic, Inc., a medical diagnostics and imaging company specializing in women’s health (pending).
• An affiliate of Ares Management in its US$1.1 billion acquisition of Meade Pipeline Co. and Redwood Mead Midstream MPC from XPLR Infrastructure.
• Canvas Energy Inc., a privately held oil and natural gas company based in Oklahoma City, in its US$550 million strategic transaction with Diversified Energy Company PLC (LSE:DEC; NYSE:DEC) (pending).
• WhiteHawk Capital Partners in connection with providing financing to newly formed acquisition vehicles of Brigade Capital Management, LP and Macellum Capital Management, LLC.
• A fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management in its agreement to acquire a 40% equity interest in Diamond Infrastructure Solutions (Diamond) from Dow Inc. for approximately US$2.4 billion. Diamond provides specialist infrastructure services to Dow and other industrial customers at five Dow manufacturing sites in Texas and Louisiana.
• Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM), the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the United States, in its US$258 million acquisition of Echo Lake Foods, a frozen food manufacturer of ready-to-eat egg products and other breakfast foods.
• Underwriters in Deere & Company’s US$2 billion senior notes offering.
• A consortium, headed by APG Asset Management N.V. (APG), on behalf of the largest Dutch pension fund, ABP, and Australian Retirement Trust (ART), in the acquisition of Riverstone Holdings’ equity stake in Pattern Energy Group LP (pending).
• GIC in connection with its commitment to NextDecade Corporation’s (NextDecade) (NASDAQ: NEXT) Phase 1, US$18.4 billion LNG project, winner of Project Finance International’s “Deal of the Year” award, 2024.
• Affiliates of WCAS and Managed Market Insights & Technology in connection with MMIT's US$1.6 billion merger with Evaluate.
• GIC in connection with a US$1.0 billion investment in Convex Group Limited led by GIC and Onex Partners.