Andrew Garner focuses his practice on business, taxation, finance, estate planning and estate administration law. As part of his business practice, he helps a wide range of clients, including buyers and sellers, navigate mergers and acquisitions through asset purchase transactions, equity purchase transactions, mergers and reorganizations. He also regularly negotiates and drafts contracts for a variety of commercial transactions, including vendor and supplier agreements, distribution and manufacturing agreements, licensing agreements, leases for real and personal property, and employment and independent contractor agreements.
Experience
- Representation of both purchasers and sellers in negotiating and drafting documents for numerous corporate acquisition transactions.
- Representation of a multi-national corporation in the reorganization of the legal entities used to conduct its Mississippi manufacturing operations.
- Representation of numerous local, regional and national companies in applying for and obtaining exemptions from Mississippi ad valorem taxation.
- Representation of start-up corporation with international operations in designing and implementing its equity structure.
- Representation of companies in structuring and drafting documents for the admission of new equity owners.