Andrew L. Odell practices in the area of international corporate and banking law, representing foreign corporations, banks and other financial institutions in commercial matters, investments and dispute resolution as well as in cross-border negotiations.

Mr. Odell is a 1973 graduate of St. John's University School of Law and a graduate of Syracuse University. He is fluent in French.

Areas Of Practice

International Corporate Law
International Banking Law

Professional Activities

American Bar Association
- International Section
New York State Bar Association
Consular Law Society, Inc.
- President, 1990-1991
- Trustee, 1992-2005
Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce, Member
Hong Kong Association of New York, Inc.
- Chairman, 2006-present
- Director, 2003-present
American Foreign Law Association, Inc.
- President, 2004-present
- Vice President/Treasurer, 1997-2003
American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce
- Treasurer, 1995-present
- Director, 1994-present

Admissions

New York
U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Education

St. John's University School of Law, J.D., 1973
Syracuse University, A.B., 1969

Experience

Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2007-present
Robinson Silverman/Bryan Cave LLP
- Partner, 1989-2007
Cameron, Hornbostel & Butterman
- Counsel, 1985-1989
New York City Commission for the United Nations Consular Corps
- Deputy Commissioner/General Counsel, 1980-1985

Selected Publications

Contributing Author, "Leases with Foreign Sovereigns and International Organizations," as a Chapter in a Commercial Leasing Treatise published by the New York State Bar Association, Real Property Commercial Leasing, original publication, 2002, revised edition December 2007
Contributing Author, "Considerations in Leasing to Foreign Sovereigns and International Organizations," (Chapter 14, "Commercial Leasing Handbook") New York State Bar Association, July 2004
"Foreign Intrigue: Deciphering Sovereign Immunity," New York Law Journal, July 9, 2000
"Decoding Immunities of International Organizations," New York Law Journal, October 2000
"Enforcing Reciprocity in U.S. Diplomatic Relations: Foreign Missions Act of 1982," New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, Summer 1985
"Foreign Governments as Tenants," New York State Bar Journal, January 1984
"City's Diplomatic Community and Immunity from Process," New York Law Journal, April 12, 1983

Selected Speaking Engagements

Speaker, "Immigration Laws," Airlines Financial & Accounting Managers Association meeting, New York City, January 15, 2008