Andrew B. Claytor

• Advised private equity funds and public and private companies on the federal and international tax aspects of taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions.
• Counseled issuers, underwriters, and investors on federal tax issues involving securitization arrangements, including REMICs, CLOs, REITs, and other asset-backed financings.
• Represented issuers and underwriters in mortgage servicing rights securitizations that combine revolving variable funding notes with term asset-backed securities.
• Advised various insurance companies with coverage for specified tax risks.
• Represented clients in transactions related to energy and renewable energy tax credits, including transactions involving production tax credits, investment tax credits, and other renewable energy incentives.

Andrew Claytor is a senior associate in the Federal & International Tax Group. He advises clients on the federal and international tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, joint ventures, restructurings, financings, and private equity investments across multiple asset classes. Andrew also has extensive experience advising clients on the federal and international tax aspects of structured finance transactions, asset and mortgage-backed securitizations, and various capital markets transactions.

Andrew earned his J.D. from Emory University, where he served as an editor of the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal, and his B.S. in finance from Virginia Tech.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia
• North Carolina (Not Admitted)
• Virginia

Education

• Emory University (J.D., 2016)
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute (B.S., 2013)

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