Andrew L. Odell's practice focuses on international corporate and financial matters with particular emphasis on the firm's foreign corporate and financial institution clients. He has advised both U.S. and non-U.S. clients on their business and investment activities in and outside the United States. Mr. Odell has experience drafting and negotiating various swap transaction documentation, acting for domestic and international financial institutions.
Mr. Odell has also advised various foreign governments (including Australia, Belgium, Brunei, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand, Venezuela, Uruguay and Zambia) in connection with matters involving employment law, commercial leasing, construction, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, zoning, litigation, taxation, diplomatic/sovereign immunity and tax exemption.
Areas of Practice
· International Corporate Law
· International Banking Law
· Capital Markets
· Private Equity/Venture Capital
Representative Matters
· Obtained approval from the Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, S.A. to open a branch in Miami.
· Closed on behalf of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania the purchase of the six-story Timekeepers office building located at 307 East 53rd Street in Manhattan for $24,500,000.
· Represented an international Asian bank in privatization financings of steel plants in Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico acquired by Arcelor Mittal/Caribbean Ispat and Arcelor Mittal/Ispat Mexicana, respectively.
· Represented international Asian bank in acquisition financing of Chloride Group Plc. by Indonesian Group.
· Represented Danish bank in connection with equipment-leasing transactions.
· Advised Brazilian group in restructuring of auto and truck parts-manufacturing business through U.S. trusts.
· Represented international Asian bank in various financings in connection with Van Camp Seafood/Chicken of the Sea.
· Advised Brazilian client in connection with Alcoa Inc.'s sale of wheel-manufacturing plants in the U.S., Canada and Venezuela.
· Advised U.S. investor in structuring private equity fund for investment in Brazilian portfolio companies.
· Represented European, Asian and Brazilian banks in secured financings in various countries including the U.S., Germany, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mexico, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago.
· Represented Dutch private equity group in the formation of Cayman private equity funds and in acquisitions and dispositions of portfolio investments in the U.S. and Europe.
· Represented European airline in commercial matters, litigations and antitrust, employment and immigration matters.
· Represented Spanish group in asset-dispositions and liquidation of U.S. retail operations.
Professional Activities
· American Bar Association
- International Section
· New York State Bar Association
· American Foreign Law Association, Inc.
- President, 2004-2009
- Vice President/Treasurer, 1997-2003
· Consular Law Society, Inc.
- President, 1990-1991
- Trustee, 1992-2005
· American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce
- Treasurer, 1995-present
- Director, 1994-present
· Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce, Member
· Hong Kong Association of New York, Inc., Member
- Chairman, 2006-2010
- Director, 2003-present
Experience
· Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2007-present
· Robinson Silverman/Bryan Cave LLP
- Partner, 1989-2007
· Cameron, Hornbostel & Butterman
- Counsel, 1985-1989
· New York City Commission for the United Nations Consular Corps
- Deputy Commissioner/General Counsel, 1980-1985
Honors and Awards
· AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Selected Publications
· Contributing Author, "Leases with Foreign Sovereigns and International Organizations," (Chapter 14, Commercial Leasing Handbook) New York State Bar Association original publication, 2002, revised edition February 2011
· Contributing Author, "Vietnam in a Nutshell: An Historical, Political and Commercial Overview," International Law Practicum, Autumn 2008
· "Foreign Intrigue: Deciphering Sovereign Immunity," New York Law Journal, July 9, 2000
· "Decoding Immunities of International Organizations," New York Law Journal, October 2000
· "Enforcing Reciprocity in U.S. Diplomatic Relations: Foreign Missions Act of 1982," New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, Summer 1985
· "Foreign Governments as Tenants," New York State Bar Journal, January 1984
· "City's Diplomatic Community and Immunity from Process," New York Law Journal, April 12, 1983