Andrew J. Brady focuses his practice on securities regulation, corporate transactions and corporate governance.

Mr. Brady has extensive experience counseling clients regarding a variety of issues arising under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Prior joining private practice, Mr. Brady served in various capacities within the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 1997-2007. As special counsel in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Office of the Chief Counsel of the Division of Corporation Finance, 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. Mr. Brady also served as 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. Additionally, Mr. Brady served as senior attorney-adviser in the SEC’s Office of Administrative Law Judges as well as primary advisor to the Chief Administrative Law Judge.