Andrew W. Needham

Infobox Person
name = Andrew W. Needham

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birth_date = birth date and age|1960|7|17
birth_place = Albany, New York
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alma_mater = University of Arizona
Georgetown University
Wharton School
employer = Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
occupation = Tax lawyer
nationality = flag|United States

Andrew W. Needham (born July 17, 1960) is a prominent American tax lawyer. He is currently a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, entering the prestigious law firm as a rare lateral partner in 2005 from Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Needham was among the Cravath partners who advised IBM in its acquisition of WebDialogs, Inc., a privately held provider of Web conferencing and communication services.

A native of Albany, New York, Needham attented University of Arizona College of Law, receiving his B.A. in 1982. He earned his J.D. and LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. Needham also holds a M.B.A. from Wharton School.

Needham became a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in 1997. In 2005, he was hired as lateral partner by Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He was the firm's first true lateral partner in more than six decades, since Roswell Magill, a former Treasury Department official, who became a Cravath tax partner in 1943.

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*cite web |url=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1110449112913 |title=Cravath Hires Tax Partner, Its First Lateral in Decades |accessdate= |last=Lin |first=Anthony |coauthors= |date=2005-03-11 |work=Law.com |publisher=