Andra Troy

Counsel

New York / Chicago
andra.troy@lw.com
+1.212.906.1256

PRACTICES

  • Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
  • Public Company Representation

BAR QUALIFICATIONS

  • Illinois
  • New York

EDUCATION

  • J.D., Fordham University School of Law,
    cum laude
  • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science & Law and Society, New York University,
    cum laude

PROFILE

Andra Troy is a counsel in the Public Company Representation Practice of Latham & Watkins.

Andra advises public and private companies and their boards on corporate governance, public reporting, and general securities matters.

Drawing on her experience as an in-house corporate legal advisor to an S&P 100 company, Andra helps clients shape and develop corporate governance best practices and exchange act reporting. Andra brings special insight from her time in-house to helping her clients consider corporate communications, develop shareholder strategies, and establish sound disclosure controls and procedures across an enterprise. She has assisted with various contested elections and comment letter processes as well as continued compliance with NYSE and Nasdaq requirements.

Andra engages with pre-public companies to advise on public company readiness and has been an essential member of the Latham team for countless IPOs and DeSPACs. She is a daily advisor to the management team and frequently attends board meetings to provide analysis of legal and compliance risks as well as evolving regulatory requirements and is an integral partner to her clients in developing efficient and realistic solutions to meet business and compliance needs. Andra also provides advice on ESG strategy, oversight, reporting, and other programs to drive value while providing solutions to carefully address, manage, and mitigate risk.

EXPERIENCE

Andra experience includes representing:

  • Vivid Seats, a marketplace for tickets to live sports, concerts, and theater events, in its US$1.95 billion deSPAC merger with Horizon Acquisition Corporation
  • FIGS, Inc., direct-to-consumer healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand, in its US$580.5 million initial public offering
  • Solo Brands, owner of the popular Solo Stove, Chubbies, Oru Kayak, and Isle paddleboard brands, in its US$252 million initial public offering
  • Zeta Global, a cloud-based marketing technology company, in its US$215 million initial public offering
  • Cipher Mining Technologies Inc., a bitcoin mining company, on its definitive agreement for a business combination with Good Works Acquisition Corp.
  • Innovid, an ad delivery and measurement platform for connected TV, in its deSPAC transaction with ION Acquisition Corp. 2 Ltd.
  • The underwriters for Allbirds, a global lifestyle brand, in its US$348 million initial public offering
  • Offerpad, a real estate solutions platform, in its US$2.25 billion deSPAC merger with Supernova Partners Acquisition Company
  • Cyxtera Technologies, an owner and operator of data centers, in its US$3.4 billion deSPAC merger with Starboard Value Acquisition Corp.
  • Boxed, an e-commerce grocery shopping platform selling bulk consumables to households and businesses, in its deSPAC transaction with Seven Oaks Acquisition Corp.
  • Tritium, a Brisbane-based developer and manufacturer of direct current fast chargers for electric vehicles, in its business combination with Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation II
  • Marti, a Turkey-based software provider specializing in a bike sharing app, in its US$532 million business combination with Galata Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company