Andrew J. Rossman

Andrew J. Rossman is a managing partner of Quinn Emanuel’s New York office and Chair of M&A Litigation. Andrew is a go-to lead trial lawyer for complex commercial litigation involving mergers and acquisitions, contests for control, securities and shareholder claims, corporate governance, derivatives, bankruptcy, energy, partnerships, real estate and international matters.  Mr. Rossman has recovered well over $6 billion in settlements and judgments for private equity firms and their portfolio companies, hedge funds, public companies, officers and directors, boards and creditors’ committees in high-profile disputes in courts and arbitral tribunals across the country and abroad.

Recently, Mr. Rossman represented Tesla in the “420” case, winning a complete defense verdict in a rare federal securities class action trial where plaintiffs claimed billions in damages.  Mr. Rossman has been at the forefront of “busted deal” cases in Delaware Chancery Court, winning both of the two landmark cases that went to trial in the Covid era, AB Stable v. MAPS Hotels, where he represented the buyer, and Snow Phipps vs. KCAKE Acquisition, where he represented the seller.  He successfully guided many other clients through Covid-related disputes, including obtaining a multi-hundred million dollar discount for buyer Advent International in Forescout Technologies. He also represented Elon Musk in connection with his acquisition of Twitter.  Mr. Rossman has represented KKR in multiple matters including securities litigation arising out of the Sun Edison bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers International Europe in a derivatives dispute with Assured Guaranty, Standard Industries and certain affiliates in a litigation with Ashland over the sale of a multibillion dollar chemical company for which he recently won an appeal before the Delaware Supreme Court.

Previously, Mr. Rossman served as lead counsel for the Lehman Brothers Creditors’ Committee in multibillion lawsuits against JPMorgan, Citibank, and Credit Suisse, including a four month trial against Citibank culminating in a $1.74 billion settlement; was trial counsel for Access Industries, defeating multibillion dollar fraudulent conveyance claims arising out of the LyondellBasell bankruptcy; was lead trial counsel for First Reserve, defeating multibillion dollar breach of fiduciary duty claims arising out of the Sabine bankruptcy; successfully represented Bloomberg in a licensing dispute with UBS; was lead counsel for MHR Fund Management, defeating Carl Icahn in New York and Canada over his hostile takeover attempt of Lions Gate Entertainment; won the pivotal trial in the Refco bankruptcy as lead counsel for its largest creditor, VR Capital; was lead counsel for Chris Burch, successfully resolving a highly publicized dispute over the Tory Burch company; represented New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie defending the constitutionality of a New York statute creating a commission on prosecutorial conduct; and argued and won a unanimous decision in the United States Supreme Court for the New York Democratic Party in a case challenging New York’s judicial nomination process.

In their 2024 rankings, Lawdragon listed Mr. Rossman as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America, and Benchmark Litigation listed Mr. Rossman as a Litigation Star and National Practice Area Star.  According to Chambers, “Andrew is a consummate stand up trial advocate, with extraordinarily good financial expertise on top.”  Mr. Rossman was profiled by the American Lawyer for his victories in the AB Stable and Snow Phipps cases: “Meet the Quinn Emanuel Partner Who’s Been on Either Side of  Pair of Major COVID-Era Delaware Chancery Merger Decisions,” The AmLaw Litigation Daily, May 4, 2021 (“No Matter if you’re a buyer attempting to walk away from a deal or a seller trying to force a buyer to make good on an offer, it’s a good idea to get Andrew Rossman of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan on your side.”)  He is a three time winner of “Litigator of the Week” by The AmLaw Litigation Daily: in February 2023 for the jury trial victory in In re Tesla Securities Litigation in the Northern District of California, in December 2020 for the Delaware Chancery Court trial victory in AB Stable v. MAPS; and in October 2017 for the $1.74 billion Citigroup settlement with Lehman Brothers following a four month trial in the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court.  In January 2018 he was part of the team awarded “Trial Group of the Year” by Law360.