Biography
Andrew also regularly advises private equity firms and multinational corporate clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, secondary transactions, capital raisings, spin-offs, restructurings and the development of cross-border financing instruments. He has advised on the tax aspects of some of the largest and most complex fund raising transactions of the past decade and on a wide array of leveraged buyout takeovers, distressed asset dispositions and restructuring transactions.
Prior to joining Weil, Andrew was a partner at another international law firm.
Andrew is recognized as a leading lawyer for Tax in New York by Chambers USA, where clients note he is “an excellent commercial tax lawyer who provides good practical advice.” He is also recommended for U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious by Legal 500 US.
Andrew received his J.D., cum laude, from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and his B.F.A. from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Firm News & Announcements, Awards and Recognition, Latest Thinking
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises AshGrove Capital on the Closing of AshGrove Specialty Lending Fund II Deal Brief — November 12, 2024
- Weil Advises Agellus Capital in Closing of $400M Inaugural Fund Deal Brief — July 24, 2024
Awards and Recognition
- Andrew Morris Named a “Leading” Lawyer for Tax in New York Award Brief — Chambers USA
- Andrew Morris Recommended for U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious Award Brief — Legal 500 US
Latest Thinking
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Chambers Expert Focus Weil Tax Insight Series: Tax Implications of New Rules Under the Advisers Act
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Robert Frastai and
Andrew Morris
— October 17, 2023
In this edition of the Chambers Expert Focus Weil Tax Insight Series, Weil Tax partners Robert Frastai and Andrew Morris discuss the impact of the SEC’s recently adopted rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 on certain tax structuring and compliance matters for private funds, including after-tax clawback obligations, blocker and withholding taxes that are allocated to
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... - Chambers Expert Focus Weil Tax Insight Series: Tax Implications of New Rules Under the Advisers Act Blog Post — Tax Blog — By Robert Frastai and Andrew Morris — October 17, 2023
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New Partnership Withholding Obligations Effective as of January 1, 2023
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Robert Frastai,
Andrew Morris and
Lauren Gorsche
— January 06, 2023
Background In 2017, tax legislation was enacted to provide that (x) gain or loss derived by a non-US person on the sale or exchange of an interest in a partnership engaged in a U.S. trade or business is treated as effectively connected gain or loss and subject to U.S. tax (“ECI”) and (y) a transferee
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New IRS proposed regulation would reverse longstanding IRS ruling and upend commonly used real estate fund structures
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Devon Bodoh,
Greg Featherman,
Robert Frastai,
Hillel N. Jacobson,
Andrew Morris and
Lauren Gorsche
— January 04, 2023
Shortly before the new year, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) dropped a holiday bombshell on the tax community when it issued a proposed regulation under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 (“FIRPTA”). The proposed regulation would, if enacted in its current form, reverse a longstanding IRS ruling interpreting FIRPTA (the “2009
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... - New IRS proposed regulation would reverse longstanding IRS ruling and upend commonly used real estate fund structures Alert — By Devon Bodoh, Greg Featherman, Robert Frastai, Hillel N. Jacobson, Andrew Morris and Lauren Gorsche — PDF — January 04, 2023