Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP

Andrea has over 20 years of experience advising financial institutions on a wide range of regulatory and corporate matters. Clients appreciate Andrea’s approachable style, ability to problem solve, and meticulous attention to detail.

Andrea concentrates her practice on bank regulatory and corporate matters. She has extensive experience working on a variety of regulatory and corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt offerings, regulatory applications, corporate governance, compliance, and enforcement matters.

Prior to joining BFKN, Andrea served as legal counsel to the banking division of the Illinois Office of Banks and Real Estate, now known as the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, where she assisted in drafting regulations and examination guidelines, prosecuted enforcement actions, and provided legal analysis of corporate applications.

Andrea has been a frequent speaker and has published numerous articles on regulatory matters affecting financial institutions. Andrea was also a contributing author and editor on The Keys to Banking Law, Second Edition (2017) and Banking Law Essentials, Third Edition (2020).

Andrea also devotes time to pro bono matters. She has counseled clients on a variety of immigration matters, ranging from assisting DACA recipients with renewal applications to representing clients in asylum cases.