Andrew Murphy

Andrew Murphy

Senior Managing Associate

Cleveland

T 216.363.4669

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Overview

Andrew is a senior managing associate in Benesch’s Commercial Finance Practice Group, with a focus on representing lenders and borrowers in secured and unsecured credit transactions. 

Andrew’s experience includes representing financial institutions and borrowers in secured and unsecured credit transactions, including acquisition financing and leveraged buyouts, mezzanine and subordinated facilities, as well as asset-based, equipment, and CapEx lines of credit.

Andrew has prior experience as an associate counsel at KeyBank N.A., serving as counsel to its commercial and equipment lending lines of business, as well as a prior tenure at Benesch in its Corporate & Securities group, representing private equity clients in buy or sell side transactions, and with general corporate matters. 

What I Do

Commercial Finance & Banking

Experience

Represented Purolator, a leading Canadian provider of integrated freight, package and logistics solutions, as U.S. deal counsel in its acquisition of Livingston International from Platinum Equity.

Key Contacts: Dorothea R. CarletonShivdutt TrivediAlyson WaiteAndrew MurphyReed W. SirakConnie A. PorterKathleen M. VlasekJonathan R. ToddAaron SchwedMichele (Mike) SoriceVanessa I. GomezRobert NaumoffDaniel S. MarksAlexander M. MossLogan BryantJordan J. Call

Represented Gridiron Capital in the sale of Foundation Wellness, a leading consumer wellness platform that designs, manufactures, markets, and sells high-value branded wellness products, to Bansk Group.

Key Contacts: Emily L. MorrisonNicholas R. PesaventoMelissa R. GrimLyndsay FlaggAndrew MurphyConnie A. PorterKristopher J. ChandlerMitchell E. GechtRichard F. TracannaDuncan H. PoirierMichael J. MozesGregg A. EisenbergShanae NelsonMichele (Mike) SoriceLogan Bryant

Represented The CommuniCare Family of Companies in its acquisition of 16 nursing centers in Indiana.

Key Contacts: Andrew MurphyDaniel J. O’BrienJoel R. Pentz

Represented a private equity fund in the acquisition of its newest portfolio company in the business of providing conference and event services, consulting, training, data analytics and business intelligence services to pharmacy owners for a purchase price of $40 million in July 2018.

Key Contacts: Andrew MurphyJulie M. Price

Represented Trident Capital in the sale of MedSave.

Key Contacts: Andrew MurphyIra C. KaplanRichard F. TracannaMichael J. Mozes

Represented a private equity fund in the acquisition of its newest portfolio company in the business of providing brand marketing services for $36 million in December 2017, which included an equity and debt offering for financing the acquisition.

Key Contacts: Andrew MurphyJulie M. Price

Representation of LeafFilter, a provider of gutter guards for homeowners in North America, in its sale to Gridiron Capital, LLC.

Key Contacts: Andrew MurphyRobert A. RossRichard F. TracannaMichael J. MozesGregg A. Eisenberg

Represented Prairie Capital in the sale of its portfolio company, TeacherMatch to PeopleAdmin, Inc.

Key Contacts: Andrew MurphyJulie M. PriceRichard F. Tracanna

Represented borrower in an amendment to its credit facility to add an incremental term loan for purposes of financing an acquisition of a distributor of customizable shoe inserts and antimicrobial shoe insert cushions​.

Key Contacts: Andrew MurphyRoss J. Kirchick

Represented private equity owned buyer in ​an add-on stock acquisition of a company which sells science kits to professors and universities for student use.

Key Contacts: Anthony G. Rossi IVAndrew MurphyJulie M. PriceMitchell E. GechtGregg A. EisenbergMatthew P. Delguyd

Representation of a private equity firm in connection with $75 million secured credit facility related to the acquisition of a manufacturing company.

Key Contacts: Andrew MurphyRoss J. Kirchick

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Credentials

Education

Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 2015, J.D.
  • magna cum laude
  • Order of the Coif
The City University of New York, College of Staten Island, 2012, B.S. Finance, Minor in Political Science
  • summa cum laude
  • Beverly Curry Memorial Award for Academic Excellence in Business/Finance

Clerkships and Bar Admissions

Ohio