Senior Counsel
Andy Friedman
Phone: 617-784-9604
Email: afriedman@outsidegc.com
Throughout his career, Andy has provided practical and efficient legal advice and
support to technology businesses of all types. As an in-house attorney, Andy has
experience with a late-stage venture backed hardware/platform company, a public
software company and a large international outsourced services company. Most
recently, Andy has served as General Counsel of Crossbeam Systems, the provider
of a scalable hardware platform that facilitates the consolidation and simplification
of security services delivery in large networks. Prior to Crossbeam, Andy was
Associate General Counsel of Moduslink Corporation and its predecessor, Modus Media
International, both before and after its acquisition by CMGI. Moduslink is a
provider of outsourced supply chain and logistics services for hardware, software
and other technology companies with extensive worldwide operations. Previously,
Andy was Director of Legal Affairs for NetGenesis, a public company provider of
software and related services for analysis of on-line business. Andy began his
career as a corporate associate at Foley Hoag, where he represented various
companies -- including start-ups, later stage and public companies, as well as
venture capital firms - in a variety of transactions including formation and other
start-up-specific legal matters, private financings, public offerings, M&A and other
strategic transactions, and licensing, as well as with regard to various other
corporate and IP-related legal matters. Andy's broad experience through his
various roles includes: drafting and negotiation of agreements for day-to-day
business transactions of all types, including in the areas of software licensing,
channel relationships, complex services provision arrangements, purchasing, and
all types of partnerships; debt and equity financings; mergers and acquisitions
and other strategic transactions; real estate transactions; employment matters;
intellectual property protection; and corporate governance. Andy also has extensive
experience with international transactions and operations, having worked with
companies doing significant business in the UK, France, Germany, Ireland, The
Netherlands, China, Japan, Singapore, Australia and Mexico, among other places.
Andy prides himself in his pragmatic approach to all legal advice and his ability
to balance the practical needs of a business with appropriate legal cautions.
He particularly enjoys the cross-functional role an in-house lawyer plays in a
company. Andy received his BA magna cum laude from Brown University and his
JD magna cum laude from Harvard Law School.
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