Andrew Stern is an associate in the Business & Finance Practice Area. Andrew’s practice focuses on commercial lending and debt securities. He advises clients in the facilitation and structuring of tax-exempt, tax-credit and taxable bond financings and has experience with derivative swap transactions and regulatory compliance. Andrew serves as bond counsel, borrower’s counsel, purchaser’s counsel, issuer’s counsel and underwriter’s counsel on a variety of conduit and municipal bond transactions.
Before Bowditch
Prior to joining Bowditch, Andrew clerked for the Honorable Frank J. Bailey and the Honorable Janet E. Bostwick in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts. During law school, Andrew was the research editor for the Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest, the Boston College Law School law journal. He also worked as a summer and fall law clerk at a Boston law firm.
Besides work
An avid Red Sox baseball fan, Andrew plays the piano, loves music by Billy Joel, and enjoys spending time on the water and studying marine life.
Affiliations
- Member, Finance Subcommittee, Bankruptcy Law Section, Boston Bar Association
- Member, Boston Bar Association
- Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
Honors
- Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Corporate Law (2024)
Articles + Talks
Articles
- “The Corporate Transparency Act – FinCEN Filing Reminders and Legal Updates,” Bowditch, 2024
- “How to Protect Your Company in the New World of AI,” Bowditch, 2023
Talks
- Free and Clear of What? Recent Developments in 363(f) and Property of the Estate Disputes, Boston Bar Association Program, 2024 (Moderator)
- Political Climate Change – Public Finance and the Partisan War on ESG, Bowditch, 2023
- Navigating Drug Development with AI, Worcester Life Sciences Summit, 2023
- Full Disclosure – Tips, Tricks and Traps for the Unwary in Navigating Public Finance Disclosure Obligations, Part II – The Financial Data Transparency Act and the Evolution of Financial Disclosures in Public Finance, Bowditch, 2023
- Full Disclosure – Tips, Tricks and Traps for the Unwary in Navigating Public Finance Disclosure Obligations, Part I – The Current Disclosure Landscape in Public Finance, Bowditch, 2023
- 24th Annual Bankruptcy Law Conference 2023, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 2023
- Cryptocurrency, Web3 and Decentralized Finance, Bowditch, 2022
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
Education
- J.D., Boston College Law School
- B.A., University of Connecticut
Events + Recordings
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Andrew Stern Moderated Boston Bar Association Program “Free and Clear of What? Recent Developments in 363(f) and Property of the Estate Disputes”
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Political Climate Change – Public Finance and the Partisan War on ESG
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Amy Morrissey, Andrew Stern, George Tetler Spoke at Worcester Life Sciences Summit
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Full Disclosure – Tips, Tricks and Traps for the Unwary in Navigating Public Finance Disclosure Obligations