Biography

Andrew also regularly advises private equity firms and multinational corporate clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, secondary transactions, capital raisings, spin-offs, restructurings and the development of cross-border financing instruments. He has advised on the tax aspects of some of the largest and most complex fund raising transactions of the past decade and on a wide array of leveraged buyout takeovers, distressed asset dispositions and restructuring transactions.
Prior to joining Weil, Andrew was a partner at another international law firm.
Andrew is recognized as a leading lawyer for Tax in New York by Chambers USA, where clients note he is “an excellent commercial tax lawyer who provides good practical advice.” He is also recommended for International Tax and U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious by Legal 500 US.
Andrew received his J.D., cum laude, from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and his B.F.A. from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Firm News & Announcements, Awards and Recognition, Latest Thinking
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Adds Tax Partner Andrew Morris in New York Press Release — November 15, 2021
Awards and Recognition
- Andrew Morris Named a “Leading” Lawyer for Tax in New York Award Brief — Chambers USA
- Andrew Morris Recommended for International Tax and U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious Award Brief — Legal 500 US
Latest Thinking
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New Partnership Withholding Obligations Effective as of January 1, 2023
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Robert Frastai,
Andrew Morris and
Lauren Gorsche
— January 06, 2023
Background In 2017, tax legislation was enacted to provide that (x) gain or loss derived by a non-US person on the sale or exchange of an interest in a partnership engaged in a U.S. trade or business is treated as effectively connected gain or loss and subject to U.S. tax (“ECI”) and (y) a transferee
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New IRS proposed regulation would reverse longstanding IRS ruling and upend commonly used real estate fund structures
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Devon Bodoh,
Greg Featherman,
Robert Frastai,
Hillel N. Jacobson,
Andrew Morris,
Lauren Gorsche and
Brian Senie
— January 04, 2023
Shortly before the new year, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) dropped a holiday bombshell on the tax community when it issued a proposed regulation under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 (“FIRPTA”). The proposed regulation would, if enacted in its current form, reverse a longstanding IRS ruling interpreting FIRPTA (the “2009
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... - New IRS proposed regulation would reverse longstanding IRS ruling and upend commonly used real estate fund structures Alert — By David F. Levy, Devon Bodoh, Greg Featherman, Robert Frastai, Hillel N. Jacobson, Andrew Morris, Lauren Gorsche and Brian Senie — PDF — January 04, 2023
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Certain Carried Interest Tax Changes in the Schumer – Manchin Tax Reconciliation Bill (Inflation Reduction Act of 2022)
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Robert Frastai,
Andrew Morris and
Lauren Gorsche
— July 28, 2022
On July 27, 2022, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin reached a deal on new legislation entitled the “Inflation... ...