Andrew C. Elliott

Andrew advises businesses, entrepreneurs, tax-exempt organizations and high-net-worth individuals and families on tax matters that intersect with commercial decisions. With nearly two decades of experience, he helps clients structure tax-efficient transactions and address tax issues arising from investments, business operations and ownership changes. He is co-chair of the firm’s National Tax Group.

His clients include private and public companies, private equity and other investment firms, and closely held businesses. Andrew’s work spans real estate taxation, partnership and LLC tax matters, corporate tax and tax-exempt organization issues. He advises on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financings, joint ventures, restructurings and other commercial transactions, as well as corporate formation and governance matters.

Andrew works with clients buying and selling businesses to shape tax-efficient transactions. He also assists tax-exempt organizations with obtaining and maintaining tax-exempt status and with tax and legal questions related to investment activities. Before his legal practice, Andrew worked in research and analysis at Standard Poor’s.

• Counsel to Canyon Bakehouse in its $205M sale to Flower Foods, one of the largest producers of packaged bakery foods in the country. We advised on the mergers and acquisitions, employee benefits and executive compensation, labor law, intellectual property and real estate aspects of the transaction. The firm’s role in the deal highlights our multidisciplinary expertise and our footprint in the natural foods industry.
• Counsel to Veregy, a portfolio company of Bow River Capital Partners, in its acquisition of Texas-based Four Star Fabricators and Service Company, LLC, a mechanical contracting services company, and Four Star Mechanical, LLC, a provider of plumbing, piping, and domestic water design and implementation services.
• Represented Glenbrook Consumer Partners, a San Francisco-based investment firm that finances innovative, high-growth consumer brands, in its acquisition of Boa Technology, Inc., the Colorado-based creator of Boa closure systems used in performance footwear, action, sports, outdoor and medical products worldwide.

• LL.M., 2003, New York University School of Law, Taxation
• J.D., 2002, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
• B.A., 1998, Vanderbilt University

• “Andrew is a first call for every legal matter that arises, from a commercial, transactional and tax perspective.” — Chambers USA, 2024
• 5280 Top Lawyers, 2026
• Chambers USA, 2022-2026
• Law Week Colorado, Barrister’s Best “Best Tax Lawyer,” 2017
• Colorado Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2013-2015
• Chair, Executive Council of the Colorado Bar Association Section of Taxation
• General Editor, Denver University Law Review

• Opportunities for Small Business in the CARES Act of 2020

  Brownstein Client Alert, April 13, 2020

• Understanding The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
  Brownstein Podcast Series, March 28, 2018