Andrea S. Kramer

Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Andie is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, resident in its Chicago office. She heads the Firm’s Financial Products, Trading and Derivatives Group; co‑chairs its Energy Services Group; and serves as a member of the Global Renewable Energy, Emissions and New Products Group. She is a member of the Firm’s Management Committee and is chair of its Gender Diversity Committee.

Andie focuses her practice on the world of derivative financial products (including their design, taxation, regulation and documentation); energy and commodity trading; contract negotiation; and dispute resolution. Her client responsibilities include tax and regulatory counseling, defense, legislative matters, documentation of customized over-the-counter products, trading policies and procedures, and bankruptcy and creditor’s rights issues. She advises a wide range of multinational businesses and financial services firms on the design, trading and risk management applications of financial products. In 2007, the National Law Journal named Andie as one of the 50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America.

Andie holds a bachelor’s degree in history from University of Illinois and a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law. She is a board member and Chair Emeritus of The Women’s Treatment Center of Chicago, a board member, Chair-elect, and Executive Committee member of the Chicago Foundation for Women and is active with the Pro Bono Center for Disability and Elder Law. Since the late 1990s, she has been an adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law.

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