Overview
Andrew Comer advises companies on mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, and other corporate matters affecting their formation, financing, and operation.
He has assisted clients of various sizes as they’ve grown, negotiated with vendors and customers, and prepared for acquisition. His clients include software and application developers, cloud services companies, creative and advertising agencies, manufacturers, cannabis businesses, retailers, and service providers. He works with various personnel—from founders to boards of directors to investors—to ensure compliance with the range of laws that affect their investments and operations. He also advises clients on brand protection through the prosecution and management of trademarks.
Andrew likes spending time with entrepreneurs and other professionals that support the Denver/Boulder startup and venture community. He has helped organize events to promote entrepreneurs in Denver and Boulder, spoken to entrepreneurs in various settings, and mentored at various company-focused organizations across Colorado.
In his free time, Andrew enjoys spending time with his family, playing golf, being outdoors, reading, and rooting for the Colorado Buffaloes.
Experience & Results
- Assisted private equity and venture capital fund clients in fund formation and management.
- Assisted and negotiated hundreds of M&A transactions for clients of various sizes, including through the representation of buyers, sellers, and individual equity owners in technology, manufacturing, oil and gas, cannabis, construction and other industries.
- Assisted a client in the agriculture industry software business with the purchase of a competitor.
- Represented financial services companies, mobile application companies, and others in their series financings.
- Represented dozens of companies in debt financings, including SBA, SAFE, and convertible debt.
Practice Areas
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Commercial transactions
- Technology development, transfer, and licensing
- Debt and equity financings, including angel investments, venture capital, and private equity
- Employment and Equity Compensation
- Partnerships, joint ventures, and strategic alliances
- Corporate governance matters
- Trademark prosecution, licensing, and transfers
- Brand development and protection
Honors & Awards
- Named to U.S. News’ Best Lawyers® List for Corporate Law – 2024, 2025
- Winner, GenXYZ Top 25 Professionals Award, 2023
- Named a Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Star – 2018
Speeches & Publications
- Author, “A Legal Guide for Colorado Startup: Protecting Your Intellectual Property, Trademarks and More,” CoBiz Magazine – August 2023
- Author, “How the Hermes NFT Case Will Impact Expression and Enterprise,” Bloomberg Law, Feb. 2023
- Interviewed, Latte With a Lawyer podcast – Jan. 2022
- Quoted, “Business Lawyers Give Recap of 2022, Lookahead to 2023,” LawWeek Colorado – Dec. 2022
- Quoted, “Robust sales, expanding legalization lead to increased mergers, acquisitions in Boulder County cannabis industry,” – Daily Camera – September 2020
- Quoted, “Shutting Down a Startup: How to Protect Yourself and Your Investors from Liability,” Silicon Valley Bank – September 2020
- Quoted, “Federal coronavirus loans slow as Colorado businesses wonder if they’ll actually be forgiven,” The Colorado Sun – May 2020
- Quoted, “Small businesses in Colorado’s high country say the federal coronavirus stimulus has left them empty-handed” The Colorado Sun – April 2020
- Featured, “The Herd: New hires, departures and promotions 4.7.20” BusinessDen – April 2020
- Author, “INSIGHT: Investments in Colorado Companies in Advanced Industries Eligible for Tax Credit” Bloomberg Tax – March 2020
Education
- Juris Doctor, University of Denver
- Bachelors of Arts, University of Colorado, Boulder: Magna Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- Colorado
Professional & Community Involvement
- American Bar Association
- Colorado Bar Association, Business Law Section
- Denver Bar Association
- Boulder Bar Association
- Blackstone Entrepreneurs’ Network, Growth Advisor
- Galvanize, Mentor
- Commons on Champa, Advisory Board
- Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
- Firestorm