Bio

Andrew Rossman is a seasoned trial lawyer with a broad range of experience in complex commercial litigation involving mergers and acquisitions, securities, corporate governance, derivatives, bankruptcy, energy, partnerships, real estate and international matters. As lead trial counsel Mr. Rossman has recovered well over $6 billion in settlements and judgments for private equity firms and their portfolio companies, hedge funds, public companies, officers and directors, and board committees and creditors’ committees in high-profile disputes in courts and arbitral tribunals across the country and abroad. Mr. Rossman has been at the forefront of so-called “busted deal” cases in Delaware Chancery Court, including winning a landmark trial victory for the buyer in AB Stable v. MAPS Hotels and obtaining a multi-hundred million dollar discount for buyer Advent International in Forescout Technologies. Currently, Mr. Rossman represents KKR in multiple matters including securities litigation arising out of the Sun Edison bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers International Europe in a derivatives dispute with Assured Guaranty, Standard Industries and certain affiliates in a litigation with Ashland over the sale of a multibillion dollar chemical company, and Snow Phipps against Kohlberg & Co. in litigation over the sale of DecoPac, Inc. Previously, Mr. Rossman served as lead counsel for the Lehman Brothers Creditors’ Committee in multibillion lawsuits against JPMorgan, Citibank, and Credit Suisse, including a four month trial against Citibank culminating in a $1.74 billion settlement; was trial counsel for Access Industries, defeating multibillion dollar fraudulent conveyance claims arising out of the LyondellBasell bankruptcy; was lead trial counsel for First Reserve, defeating multibillion dollar breach of fiduciary duty claims arising out of the Sabine bankruptcy; successfully represented Bloomberg in a licensing dispute with UBS; was lead counsel for MHR Fund Management, defeating Carl Icahn in New York and Canada over his hostile takeover attempt of Lions Gate Entertainment; won the pivotal trial in the Refco bankruptcy as lead counsel for its largest creditor, VR Capital; was lead counsel for Chris Burch, successfully resolving a highly publicized dispute over the Tory Burch company; represented New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in defending the constitutionality of a New York statute creating a commission on prosecutorial conduct; and argued and won a unanimous decision in the United States Supreme Court defending the New York Democratic Party in a case challenging New York’s judicial nomination process.