Andy Sandler
Senior Partner

Andy Sandler

  • Strategic Advisor

Biography

A founding member of Mitchell Sandler and a trusted legal advisor to the financial services industry for more than 30 years, Andy has represented banks, financial service companies, and mortgage finance and servicing companies in regulatory examinations, enforcement actions and litigation involving federal and state banking regulators, government enforcement agencies and private litigants. He has been a strategic advisor to boards and senior management on regulatory and governance issues and provides strategic advice to the financial services industry, including fintech companies and investors.

Chambers USA recognized Andy as “one of the leading stars of the financial services regulatory firmament.” Legal Times named him as a “Legal Visionary” for his role in founding and leading Buckley Sandler and as “Deal Maker of the Year” for his regulatory advice in navigating complex transactions. Andy has been a Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year nominee for his work representing the Navajo Nation in a breach of trust action against the United States resulting in a landmark $554 million settlement.

Andy is also an entrepreneur and investor. He leads Temerity Capital Partners, which invests in and advises early-stage companies developing new technologies in financial services. He is also the founder and CEO of Asurity Technologies and was a founder and CEO of Treliant, a strategic consulting and advisory firm that he sold in 2017.  He currently owns two minor league baseball teams.


Fun Facts

Favorite Apps

  • Chess.com

  • Sonos

  • Kindle

Superpower

  • Building businesses 

Favorite Thing to Binge Watch

  • Game of Thrones

Passions

  • Family

  • Baseball

  • Tennis



Previous Experience

  • Partner, Skadden, Leader of Consumer Financial Services Enforcement and Litigation Group 

  • Chairman and Executive Partner, Buckley Sandler

Distinctions

  • “Legal Visionary,” Legal Times

  • “Deal Maker of the Year,” Legal Times

  • Recognized as a Band 1 practitioner in financial services regulation: consumer finance (litigation) (nationwide), Chambers USA

  • Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year nominee


Thought Leadership

  • Andy is a frequent speaker on a wide range of topics pertinent to his various business ventures, including community development in opportunity zones, multi-generational family businesses, and regulatory technology innovation.

Professional and Community Activities

  • Board Vice Chair – Cancer Support Community

  • Former Chair ABA Civil Rights Litigation Committee and Vice Chair ABA Banking Law Committee

  • Board Chair, Digital Pay

  • Board,  White Mountain Acquisition Corp.

  • Advisor, Figure Technologies


Education

  • J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School

  • M.B.A., Wharton School of Business

  • M.A., University of Warwick (U.K, Rotary Foundation Fellow)

  • B.A., Union College

Admissions

  • District of Columbia

  • Maryland

  • New York

  • Pennsylvania



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