Andrew R. Thompson is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department. His practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.
Examples of merger and acquisition transactions Mr. Thompson has been involved with include representing Barnes & Noble in its proxy contest victory over Yucaipa and its review of strategic alternatives, including an acquisition proposal from Liberty Media; Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to Equinox Minerals in connection with an unsolicited offer by Minmetals Resources and Equinox’s ultimate sale to Barrick Gold; Rosetta LLC in connection with its sale to Publicis; Lindsay Goldberg in connection with its acquisition of Pacific Architects & Engineers from Lockheed Martin; Fresh Start Bakeries in connection with its sale to ARYZTA; Continental Energy Systems in connection with its sale of Cap Rock Energy to Hunt Transmission Services; United Airlines in connection with its trans-Pacific joint venture with ANA and Continental Airlines; the Haas Trusts in connection with Dow Chemical’s acquisition of Rohm and Haas and the subsequent disposition of Dow Chemical securities received as part of the transaction; BAE Systems plc in its acquisition of United Defense Industries, Inc.; and Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and The “Shell” Transport and Trading Company plc in their unification transactions.
In 2010, Mr. Thompson was recognized by The Legal 500 for his work in private equity buyouts.
Mr. Thompson was born in Independence, Missouri. He received an A.B. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1996, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Columbia University in 1999, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and senior Articles Editor of the Columbia Business Law Review. Mr. Thompson joined Cravath in 1999 and spent 18 months as an associate in the Firm’s London office. He became a partner in 2007.
Mr. Thompson may be reached by phone at 212-474-1802 or by email at athompson@cravath.com.