Andrew Powers is the Regional Group Leader of the Securities and Capital Markets practice group and the Chair of BLG's National Cannabis Focus Group. Andrew's practice focuses on corporate finance, M&A, regulatory compliance and cannabis law. Andrew's corporate finance experience includes advising issuers, investment dealers and institutional investors in a wide range of financing transactions, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings and public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, both domestically and cross-border, with an emphasis on emerging markets. In his M&A practice, Andrew advises both acquirers and target entities involved in takeover bids, plans of arrangement, reverse takeovers and other corporate transactions.