Andrew Comer
Shareholder
Denver, CO 80202
303-376-4489 Direct
Overview
Andrew Comer is a corporate and M&A attorney with more than 17 years of experience advising business owners, executives, and investors through some of the most consequential decisions they’ll face — buying or selling a company, structuring a new venture, or navigating a transaction that will define what they’ve built.
He has served as lead transaction counsel across a wide range of deals, representing buyers, sellers, and funds from letter of intent through closing and beyond. His work spans deal structuring and negotiation, financing, due diligence, entity and governance matters, and the operational legal questions that arise as companies grow. He is recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America for corporate law and a Top Lawyer in Denver for Mergers and Acquisitions.
Andrew’s clients include private equity and venture capital funds, software companies, architecture and construction firms, creative agencies, manufacturers, and professional services businesses. He works closely with founders, boards, and investors — often over many years — and is known for practical, direct counsel that translates legal complexity into clear decisions.
He is an active participant in Colorado’s entrepreneurial community, having organized events, spoken to business owners on legal topics, and mentored at company-focused organizations across Denver and Boulder.
Outside the office, Andrew spends time with his family, plays golf, and follows 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 & Insights
Honors
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America® list for Corporate Law, 2024–2026
- Named to the 5280 Top Lawyers list, 2026
- Winner, GenXYZ Top 25 Professionals Award, 2023
- Named a Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2018
Insights
- 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 & Admissions
Education
- J.D., University of Denver
- B.A., 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)