Overview

Andy Williams focuses his practice in the areas of real estate, corporate law, and mergers and acquisitions.

With extensive experience in negotiating and drafting commercial leases, purchase and sale agreements, and development agreements, Andy guides clients through every aspect of their real estate transactions. Representative transactions include office and shopping center leases on both the landlord and tenant side, and sale-leaseback transactions involving quick service restaurant franchises.

Andy works closely with corporate clients to understand and accomplish their business goals, from complex financing to navigating regulatory requirements. Andy also assists start-up and emerging businesses with matters including establishing a successful corporate structure and seeking equity investment through private placements.

Andy represents both buyers and sellers in the strategic acquisition or sale of business assets and equity. Clients rely on Andy to lead them through the negotiation and preparation of transaction documents, the due diligence process, events of corporate reorganization, and post-closing integration.

Education

Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, J.D., cum laude, 2011

  • Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Editorial Staff
  • Conservation Law Clinic
  • Dean’s Scholarship
  • Environmental Law Society

DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, B.A., Philosophy and English Literature, cum laude, 2008

Community Involvement
  • Board Member, Art St. Louis (2018-present)
  • Classroom Volunteer, Clayton Family Center (2017-present)
  • Classroom Volunteer, Samuel Preschool (2017-present)
  • Volunteer, Our Lady of Lourdes-University City
Awards
  • Best Lawyers – “Ones to Watch” (2023-present)
    • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
    • Real Estate Law
Publications & Presentations
  • “A Review of Making People Illegal: What Globalization Means for Migration and Law,” Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Summer 2010.
  • “A Review of Beyond Citizenship: American Identity After Globalization,” Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Winter 2011.