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Andrew L. Morrison

Partner

Manatt Financial Services
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  • amorrison@manatt.com
  • Phone: 212.790.4581
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  • New York
Bar Admissions
  • New York
Education
  • St. John’s University School of Law, J.D., Dean’s List Scholar, 1987

    Brandeis University, B.A., cum laude with High Honors, 1984

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  • Financial Services Litigation and Enforcement
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Profile

Profile

Foreign and domestic companies, investment banks and high net worth individuals engage Andrew to pursue and defend high-profile and high-stakes litigation including M&A litigation involving post-closing disputes, indemnification claims, restrictive covenants and earn-outs. Andrew has spent decades defending issuers, syndicators, investment banks, investment managers, hedge funds, boards of directors, senior management, and board committees in connection with federal securities fraud claims and related state common-law claims. In addition, Andrew litigates direct and derivative claims involving disputes among business owners such as shareholders, LLC members and partners, in industries such as energy, fintech, real estate and technology. Andrew also advises high-net-worth individuals concerning business disputes and crisis management. For over a decade, Andrew has worked with The Veterans Consortium to provide pro bono appellate assistance to veterans of the United States Armed Forces and their families regarding their death and disability benefits.

Andrew has tried cases in federal and state courts in New York including the New York County Commercial Division and the Southern District of New York. Also, he has appeared and argued in state and federal courts throughout the country, including in Delaware, California, New Jersey, Louisiana, Texas, Connecticut and Michigan. Andrew has successfully handled numerous appeals in both state and federal court and regularly represents clients in connection with alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation.

Experience

Experience

  • Lidya Holdings Inc., et al. v. Ercin Eksin (Del. Ch. 2022) (dismissal of wrongful termination claims)
  • IVCi LLC v. AVMI Inc. et al. (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Suffolk Co. 2020). (dismissal of all claims against AVMI including breach of contract, breach of duty of loyalty and permanent injunction, tortious interference with contract and unfair competition)
  • ​83rd Street Garage LLC v. American Multi-Cinema, Inc. (Commercial Division, Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. 2018) (Expedited bench trial resulted in dismissal of all claims and declaratory judgment in favor of American Multi-Cinema, Inc. Plaintiff had sought to prevent $45 million sale/leaseback of large luxury movie theater on Upper West Side of Manhattan to a third-party purchaser.)
  • Nicholl v. Torgow (Cir. Ct. Oakland Co. 2018); Livonia Employees’ Retirement System v. Talmer Bancorp (Cir. Ct. Oakland Co. 2018) (dismissal of investment bank defendant from two putative shareholder class actions)
  • Barry v. Feil, et al. (Sur. Ct. Nassau Co. 2017) (trust and estate litigation)
  • Klein v. CU Bancorp; Parshall v. CU Bancorp (C.D. Cal. 2017) (defense of shareholder class actions)
  • Scott v. Wei, et al. (S.D.N.Y. 2017) (shareholder derivative action)
  • Second Source Funding, LLC v. Yellowstone Capital, LLC (Commercial Division, Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. 2015) (dismissal of contract and tortious interference claims)
  • In re China North East Petroleum Holdings Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. 2014) (dismissal of securities fraud claims)
  • Abbey v. 3F Therapeutics, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2011) (summary judgment dismissing securities fraud claims) affirmed (2d Cir. 2013)
  • Pursuit Investment Management, LLC v. Origami Capital Partners, LLC (D. Conn. 2012) (dismissal of breach of contract and declaratory judgment action arising out of assignment of redemption proceeds owed by Cayman Islands Master Feeder fund)
  • Neogenomics, Inc. v. Power3 Medical Products, Inc. (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. 2010) (summary judgment in lieu of complaint enforcing convertible debenture)
  • Intertex Trading Corp. v. Ixtaccihuatl S.A. de CV and Industrias Quiltex S.A. de CV (S.D.N.Y. 2010) (dismissal of breach of contract claim)
  • United National Funding v. Volkmann (Commercial Division, Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. 2009) (dismissal of breach of contract claims)
  • Spain v. Deutsche Bank (S.D.N.Y. 2009) (dismissal of securities fraud and related claims brought against hedge fund defendants)
  • Reno v. Mellon (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. 2009) (dismissal of breach of contract and defamation claims)
  • United States of America ex rel. John Becker and Robert B. Spencer v. Tools & Metals, Inc. (N.D. Texas 2009) (dismissal of qui tam complaint)
  • JP Morgan Chase Bank v. Solutia Inc. (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2006) (bench trial) (adversary proceeding involving equitable claims relating to restoring secured liens to $450 million in notes issued by debtor)
  • In re Phillip Services Corp. Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y. 2006) (class action securities fraud defense)
  • Abbey v. Skokos (S.D.N.Y. 2006) and (Del. Ch. Ct. 2006) (securities fraud defense)
  • JHW Greentree Capital L.P. v. Whittier Trust Co. (S.D.N.Y. 2005) (securities fraud defense)
  • National Oilwell Maintenance Co. v. Fortune Oil & Gas Co. (S.D.N.Y. 2005) (commercial/breach of contract)
  • HIG Networks Inc. v. Banc of America Commercial Finance, Inc. (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.) (dismissal of lender liability claims)
  • RSL Com v. TXCI, Inc. (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2002) (bankruptcy/commercial)
  • Remee Products Corp. v. Sho-Me Power Corp. (S.D.N.Y. 2002) (jury trial, $5 million fraud verdict on counterclaim)
  • Moncreiffe v. Heung (App. Div. 1st Dep’t. 2002) (commercial)
  • Smith v. AVSC Intern., Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2001) (dismissal of state and federal employment claims)
  • Theodore W. Banker, et al. v. Goldenmark (E.D.N.Y. 2001) (dismissal of RICO claims)
  • In re Policy Realty (2d Cir. 2000) (obtained affirmance of S.D.N.Y. Order which lifted automatic stay and overruled bankruptcy court Order that had recognized efficacy of automatic stay)
Speaking Engagements

Speaking Engagements

Panelist, “Defending Rule 30(b)(6) Corporate Depositions: Responding to Deposition Notices, Selecting and Preparing Witnesses,” Strafford Publications Webinar, November 6, 2018.

Panelist, “Defending Rule 30(b)(6) Corporate Depositions: Responding to Deposition Notices, Selecting and Preparing Witnesses,” Strafford Publications Webinar, September 26, 2017.

Panelist, "Forward Contracts and Preference Claims," National Utility Bankruptcy Conference, New York City, November 2002.

Honors & Awards

Honors & Awards

The Best Lawyers in America, 2023

New York Super Lawyer

Memberships

Memberships

Admitted to practice in the state of New York; Supreme Court of the United States; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York

Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s Task Force on Downtown Redevelopment

The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program

Publications

Publications

Co-author, “NY Trial Court Rule Changes Will Streamline Civil Practice,” Law360, January 29, 2021.

Author, “Out of the Penalty Box: The SEC’s Chastened Disgorgement Remedy Survives,” Manatt Financial Services Law Newsletter, June 24, 2020.

Co-author, “Disgorgement: One Less Arrow in the SEC’s Quiver?,” Manatt Financial Services Law Newsletter, December 4, 2019.

Co-author, “State AGs to SEC: Your "Best" is Not Good Enough,” Manatt Financial Services Law Newsletter, September 25, 2019.

Co-author, “SEC Finalizes Investment Adviser, Broker-Dealer Standards,” Manatt Financial Services Law Newsletter, July 3, 2019.

Co-author, "Defending Bank Loan Loss Litigation," 400 Practising Law Institute (PLI) 167,  1990.

Andrew in the News

  • 08.18.22

    86 Manatt Attorneys Named to 2023 Best Lawyers Guide

    Eighty-six Manatt attorneys have been named to the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the nation’s leading lawyers each ...

  • 06.30.22

    Manatt Files Amicus Briefs in Support of Pittsburgh’s Requests to ...

    Manatt filed two amicus briefs in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on behalf of Brady, an organization focused on gun violence prevention, supporting ...

  • 11.10.21

    Manatt Congratulates QAD Inc. on its $2B Acquisition by Thoma Bravo

    Manatt congratulates QAD Inc., a longtime client and a leading provider of next-generation manufacturing and supply chain solutions in the cloud, o...

  • 04.30.20

    Manatt Files Amicus Brief in Support of City of Pittsburgh Gun ...

    On April, 30, 2020, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, filed an amicus brief in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania on behalf of the Brady ...

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Andrew's Articles

  • 01.29.21

    NY Trial Court Rule Changes Will Streamline Civil Practice

    Manatt Financial Services partner Andrew Morrison and managing attorney Anthony Staltari authored an article for Law360 highlighting 12 ...



Andrew's Newsletters

  • 02.17.23

    Storming The Arches: Corporate Officers Owe Duty of Oversight Per ...

    The Delaware Court of Chancery has recently held in In re McDonald’s Corporation Stockholder Derivative Litigation that shareholders can pursue ...

  • 01.29.21

    We Are All Commercial Litigators Now: NY Commercial Division Rules ...

    From their creation in 1993, the New York State Supreme Court Commercial Division Rules have been developed and refined by judges and practitioners ...

  • 07.06.20

    Tuning Out Harmony: The Second Circuit Upholds Regulation Best ...

    Last year, a group of state attorneys general (AGs) filed suit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), challenging the agency’s ...

  • 06.24.20

    Out of the Penalty Box: The SEC’s Chastened Disgorgement Remedy ...

    The Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in Kokesh v. SEC found that, for statute of limitations purposes, the Securities and Exchange ...

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Andrew's Events and Webinars

  • 01.25.18

    M&A Value Creation and Preservation Forum

    Manatt is hosting “M&A Value Creation and Preservation Forum,” a complimentary forum created for C-suite executives, in-house ...

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