- Massachusetts
Andrew is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group and a member of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Group.
Andrew is a full service real estate attorney with expertise and experience across a wide variety of complex commercial real estate matters including: acquisitions and dispositions; financing; land use, permitting, and development; landlord and tenant leasing; property disputes; joint venture agreements and corporate structuring; historic rehabilitation tax credits; telecommunications; renewable energy installations; and cutting edge issues related to the digitization of real estate. Andrew regularly represents property owners, developers, investors, landlords, tenants, and financial institutions with respect complex negotiations and due diligence including the identification and resolution of title issues, environmental concerns, liens and entitlements. Andrew has significant experience representing property owners before city councils, select boards, planning boards, zoning boards, and other municipal bodies.
As a cybersecurity and privacy attorney, Andrew conducts risk assessments of clients’ security controls and prepares reports that identify both vulnerabilities and strategies to address those vulnerabilities.
Andrew received his J.D., cum laude, from Boston University School of Law and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Amherst College.
Admissions
Involvement
- InfraGard
Andrew is active within the community and has been affiliated with excellent and exemplary non-profit organizations including:
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
- Urban Land Institute – Technical Assistance Panel
- Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston
Awards
- Massachusetts Lawyer Weekly – Excellence in the Law: Up & Coming Lawyer (2017)
Publications & Speaking Engagements
- Realcomm|IBcon – Nashville, Tennessee, June 13-14, 2019 – Moderator – GDPR, CCPA and More – A Connected World Accelerates the PRIVACY Discussion
- Realcomm|IBcon – Las Vegas, Nevada, June 6-7, 2018 – Panelist – Innovation vs. Privacy in Smart and Connected Buildings
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)/ Department of Home Land Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) – Global Cities Team Challenge (GCTC)/ Smart and Secure Cities and Communities Challenge (SC3) Kickoff 2018 – Washington, D.C., February 6-8, 2018 – Data Platforms/Governance and Cyber Security – Policy and Strategy Presenter
- The Legal Implications of Commercial Real Estate’s Digital Transformation (RealComm.Com, Pub.: January 25, 2018)
- CIO & Property Tech Forum – New York, New York, Presenter – Commercial Real Estate’s Digital Transformation
Latest News
- John Weaver & Andrew Sutton Contributors for American Bar Association’s New AI Book (July 25, 2024)
- Katie Hislop and Andrew Sutton have been appointed to the BBA’s Senior Associates Forum (September 1, 2023)
- John Weaver and Andrew Sutton To Present on a Webinar Sponsored by Mass Lawyers Weekly (June 22, 2023)
- McLane Middleton Adds Cristina Coletta Blau and Andrew Sutton to Growing Woburn Office (May 26, 2022)