Andrew works closely with technology and high-growth companies at every stage from formation to exit to provide pragmatic counsel across the full spectrum of matters required to scale and grow businesses. Serving as outside general counsel, Andrew leverages his experience to negotiate commercial agreements, handle technology transactions, navigate venture financings, and manage corporate governance.
Andrew focuses on clients involved in video games (interactive entertainment), content licensing, augmented and virtual reality, artificial intelligence, device manufacturing, semiconductors, robotics, and consumer and enterprise software. With a designation as a certified data privacy professional (CIPP/US), Andrew particularly enjoys collaborating with clients to help them develop, commercialize, and distribute products and services.
Before joining Michael Best, Andrew began his legal career at a boutique venture and corporate law firm in Los Angeles where he obtained extensive experience serving both startups and private and public enterprises. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Andrew was in the software and artificial intelligence industry, which included working on natural language processing models at Academia Sinica Institute of Information Science.