Andrew M. Martin

Andrew M. Martin is a partner in Crowell & Moring London office and a member of the Financial Services Group. He focuses his practice on investment transactions, as well as debt and claims trading. For nearly two decades, Andrew has represented investment banks, broker dealers, hedge funds, and other financial institutional clients in connection with the purchase and sale of various U.S., European, and other global fixed income and high-yield investment products. Such assets include: par and distressed bank loans, high-yield debt, claims in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, and reorg equities and related proceeds.

He has extensive experience in the review and analysis of sophisticated credit products across a variety of industrial sectors, and focuses on primary and secondary trading documentation under both the LMA and LSTA regimes. Andrew has been engaged by investors seeking to acquire strategic positions in the indebtedness of distressed companies and often provides advice to these clients on related bankruptcy and restructuring issues. He also provides guidance to newly formed hedge funds in connection with the planning and development of their trading and investment activities. Andrew also works closely with the firm’s International Trade Group, providing strategic analysis to financial services clients to help them understand the impact of recent Russian sanctions on their lending and investment activities. 

Andrew advises clients on all aspects of the purchase and sale of cross-border loans, including the analysis of loan agreements, collateral transfer and alternative closing structures.

Andrew serves on the Loan Market Association's secondary documentation committee, which continually reviews and updates the market standard documentation in the European loan market. He is also an active participant in the Loan Syndications and Trading Association.

Prior to joining the firm, Andrew was a partner with Kibbe & Orbe LLP and chairman of their Diversity Committee.

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