Andrew Brady

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Biography

Mr. Andrew Brady served as a Counsel, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, and General Corporate and Securities Matter at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Brady served as a special counsel in the SEC's Office of Chief Counsel of the Division of Corporation Finance from 2003 to 2007, where he gained extensive experience in a variety of issues arising under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as well the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In this role, Mr. Brady regularly provided interpretative advice and guidance regarding the federal securities laws to registrants, outside counsel, financial intermediaries and staff attorneys in the Division of Corporation Finance. In 2004, the Commission awarded Mr. Brady the SEC Law and Policy Award for his role on the Proxy Review Task Force. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Brady was an attorney-adviser in the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance where he reviewed registration statements and other filings made under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act, including filings pertaining to primary, secondary and shelf offerings, merger and acquisition proxies, issuer and third-party tender offers, going-private transactions, spin-offs, Exxon Capital transactions, tracking stock offerings, PIPEs and equity lines, resale transactions and rescission offers.