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C. Andrew Konia
Partner 
201 North Tryon Street
akonia@mcguirewoods.comCharlotte, North Carolina 28202 F: 704.444.8834    |
Mr. Konia's practice focuses on general corporate matters, complex commercial contracts, M&A, and private equity. He counsels companies on a variety of topics and transactions, including entity selection and formation, equity and debt financings (control and non-control), securities compliance, employment matters and licensing.
With his consulting and educational background, Mr. Konia has a keen understanding of the operational, financial and strategic needs of clients, enabling him to take a practical business approach to serving their needs. He has experience representing clients in numerous industries, including a specific emphasis on technology, healthcare and financial services companies.
- Routinely represents multiple technology and healthcare companies in connection with various M&A transactions, venture capital investments and private equity financings.
- Represents medical device companies in negotiating strategic alliance, linking and intellectual property licensing transactions.
- Negotiated key business and legal terms on behalf of financial services company with its e-commerce and online banking services provider, focusing on consumer electronic billing and payment services, e-bill hosting and distribution services, service level agreements, pricing models, integration of legacy platforms and protocols relating to information security, fraud management and disaster recovery.
- Represented international property and casualty insurance company in negotiating and drafting global information systems outsourcing agreements with ACS Outsourcing Solutions.
- Represents Southeast regional supermarket chain in negotiating and drafting technology, pharmacy and consumer products vendor contracts, including agreements with Western Union, IDT Telecom, Taleo and Accruent.
- Managed negotiations and document drafting for leveraged buyout of assets of manufacturing business.
- Represented international industrial thread manufacturing company in negotiating and drafting various supply chain and customer contracts, including agreements with General Electric, Michelin and Kimberly-Clark.
- Negotiated and drafted value added reseller and sales agent agreements for publicly held industrial products company.
- Securities & Corporate Finance
- Technology & Software
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Intellectual Property
- Emerging Company & Venture Capital Group
- Member, Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Morris, Manning and Martin, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Management Consultant, Kaiser Associates
- North Carolina Bar Association
- North Carolina Bankers Association
- Chairman, Men for Change, Domestic Violence Prevention, 2005-2010
- Board of Directors, Oratorio Singers of Charlotte, 2006-2010
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EDUCATION University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, J.D., 1999 The Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, M.B.A., 1999 Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., B.S. Foreign Service, magna cum laude, 1993 ADMITTED North Carolina 1999 |