As a director in the Firm’s Business Group, Mr. Flowers concentrates his practice in representing and counseling clients in a wide range of business transactions and corporate compliance, with particular focus in emerging growth companies and technology start-ups, mergers and acquisitions involving public and private companies, angel and venture capital financings, and technology development and licensing.

Andrew’s areas of concentration include:

• Mergers and acquisitions
• Software and biotechnology licensing and development
• Venture capital
• Electronic commerce
• General business law and commercial transaction advice 

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania

Education

• J.D. (magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Executive Editor, Law Review), University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1993
• B.A., Colgate University, 1990

Noteworthy

• In-house counsel to Invesmart, Inc. during rapid expansion and technology development phase of start-up company life cycle, 2000
• Graduate, Technology Commercialization executive course, Carnegie Mellon University’s Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship, Winter 1999

Representative Matters

• $100 million venture capital financing, design and implementation of a national acquisition process, and design and execution of technology development initiatives for financial services industry start-up
• $400 million merger of equals representing publicly-traded media distribution company
• Approximately $100 million in debt and equity investments in various transactions representing mezzanine fund
• Acquisition of intellectual property assets and patent portfolio for xenotransplantation biotech company
• Worldwide co-development and commercialization arrangements with Swedish and Japanese collaborators for polyclonal antibody biotech company
• $20 million debt conversion and preferred stock offering for automated pharmacy system company
• Negotiation and drafting of complex, high-dollar information technology license and support agreements in healthcare and financial services industries for publicly-traded information system providers
• $220 million sale of assets for multi-state, heavy construction equipment dealership
• $21 million stock sale for reactivated carbon manufacturer
• Divestitures of U.S. subsidiaries for multi-national sellers
• Entity formation matters, capital structure guidance, and drafting and negotiating contracts and transactions (including technology transfer agreements, customer license agreements, strategic alliance VAR and reseller agreements) for numerous emerging growth companies
• Equity and convertible debt investments (including financing from angels, venture capitalists, private equity funds and technology business development organizations)

Memberships

• Councilman, Sewickley Borough, 2004-present
• Coach, Pittsburgh Region Enterprize Business Plan Competition, 1999-2001
• Coach, Colgate University Business Plan Competition, 2002-2005
• Volunteer, ProArts Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, 2002-present
• Member, Allegheny County Bar Association, 1993-present
• Member, Negotiated Acquisitions Committee and Cyberspace Law Committee, Business Law Section; Revised Model Stock Purchase Agreement Task Force; American Bar Association, 1999-present

Seminars & Speeches

• Speaker and contributing author for various seminars on electronic commerce and computer law sponsored by Pennsylvania Bar Institute, National Business Institute, Half-Moon Seminars, and Pittsburgh Paralegals Association

Publications

• Author, You’ve Got Mail – That You Might Not Want:  An Overview of the CAN-SPAM Act, TechyVent (March 9, 2004)
• Author, Enforceability of Online Contracts and Agreements:  Tips and Techniques, Business Law Advisor (June 18, 2003)
• Author, The Effect of Bankruptcy on Technology Licenses, TechyVent (February 8, 2003)