Andy Duberstein

Andy is a Partner in the New York office where he develops and executes communications strategies for clients across mergers and acquisitions, crisis situations, shareholder activism, litigation support and positioning assignments.

Notable assignments include advising Aetna on its proposed acquisition of Humana; Ant Group on corporate positioning; Bayer AG on its acquisition of Monsanto; Belmond on its sale to LVMH; the launch of Commonsense Corporate Governance Principles; Dollar Tree in response to agitation from Starboard Value and Mantle Ridge; Lands' End on executive transitions; Learfield on its merger with IMG College; Livongo Health on its merger with Teladoc Health; Qualcomm on its proposed acquisition of NXP and defense against a hostile takeover attempt by Broadcom; Samsung Electronics on its acquisition of HARMAN International; Strayer Education, Inc. on its merger with Capella Education Company; TEGNA on its proposed sale to Standard General; the Board of Wells Fargo on its independent investigation of retail sales practices; and Zoom Video Communications on positioning and media relations.

Andy began his career on Capitol Hill, serving as a press secretary for the U.S. House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee, and before that, in the office of Delaware's at-large member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Prior to that, he spent time at NBC's Meet the Press, the National Journal Magazine and the Cook Political Report.

Andy received a B.A. in Government from Franklin & Marshall College and an M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University.