Andrea Cataneo

Andrea Cataneo is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's New York office and a member of the Capital Markets and Public Companies team, the Cannabis team, the Food and Beverage team and the Blockchain Technology and Digital Currency team.

Areas of Practice

Andrea focuses on structuring secured and unsecured equity and debt financing transactions for late stage and microcap companies, and taking private companies public via self-registration statements and IPOs. Additionally, through her extensive relationships in the investment banking community, Andrea offers her clients targeted sources of capital. She also represents publicly-held companies with their 1934 Act reporting obligations to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and performs a variety of corporate transactions for her clients, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, proxy contests, restructurings and corporate governance, NASDAQ and NYSE-American listing applications and all related compliance matters. Her practice covers domestic and international transactions, and she has been active in Italy, Argentina, Canada, China, India, Israel, Kenya and Russia.

Prior to joining the firm, Andrea ran a private practice concentrating in the areas of Securities Law, Corporate Finance, General Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions and Entertainment Law. Previously, she served as General Counsel to Power Station Entertainment, Inc. and the highly acclaimed Power Station Recording Studio.

Clerkships

•Legal Intern to the Honorable William G. Bassler, Federal District Court of New Jersey in Newark

Digital Media

Cannabis Webinar Wednesday: Blockchain and Cannabis - Weeding Through the Hype

Insights

Articles

Cannabis Law Blog

• The Farm Bill’s Impact on Hemp and CBD - and How Some States are Reacting, March 12, 2019

Law of the Ledger: Blockchain Law Blog Posts

• Court Rules Cryptocurrencies Can Be Regulated By The CFTC As Commodities, August 24, 2018

Venture Law Blog

• With the SEC, Cooperation is Key, March 8, 2019

Media Mentions

•Sheppard Mullin Adds 4 Corporate Partners In New York
Law360, 10.20.2016

Speaking Engagements

•Ms. Cataneo has served on industry panels both domestically and internationally to discuss topics including SEC rule changes, Blockchain and Cannabis industry developments, trends in the market and being public in the United States. She has presented twice) at the annual International Financial Endeavour and Capital Summit held in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China and at the Kenya Trade Mission 1st and 2nd Annual Entrepreneurial Finance Conferences.

Events

•Cannabis Webinar Wednesday: Blockchain and Cannabis - Weeding through the Hype
11.20.2019