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“Andrew gives the same care and attention to detail to every matter.”

— Douglas W. Becker, Vice President and Underwriting Counsel, Chicago Title

Jackson Walker
Andrew L. Baumgardner

Andrew L. Baumgardner

Partner, San Antonio
210.978.7748
abaumgardner@jw.com
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Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results

Practice Areas

  • Real Estate

Experience

  • Acquisition & Disposition | Real Estate
  • College & University | Real Estate
  • Family Office
  • Farm & Ranch
  • Industrial
  • Investment, Leasing, & Management
  • Multifamily & Residential | Real Estate
  • Office | Real Estate
  • Restaurant | Real Estate
  • Retail & Mixed Use | Real Estate
  • Self-Storage Facilities
  • Single Family Residential | Real Estate

Biography

Andrew Baumgardner is a San Antonio lawyer who focuses his practice on commercial real estate and related corporate matters. With 15 years of legal experience, Andrew has represented clients in a variety of acquisition, development, and leasing projects, both locally and around the country. Andrew also serves as outside general counsel and consults clients on corporate and litigation matters related to commercial real estate issues.

Having grown up in a real estate family and having served five years as general counsel of a regional real estate development company, Andrew brings tremendous value to his clients by having a unique, practical understanding of their needs, a business acumen for real estate, and an effective “results-oriented” approach to facilitating a transaction. Andrew is also a conscientious lawyer who regularly places himself in the shoes of his clients, has a keen commitment to detail, and strives to stay current with the latest market and legal trends in the industry to provide the best possible service to his clients.

Education

B.B.A., summa cum laude, St. Mary’s University

  • Honors Program

J.D. with honors, University of Texas School of Law

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2001

Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results

Real Estate

Andrew has represented sophisticated private and institutional parties, including individuals, regional developers and Fortune 500 companies, with respect to the acquisition, disposition, leasing, financing and development of all types of commercial properties, including:

  • Retail shopping centers, from small strip centers to large multi-anchored power centers
  • Grocery and convenience stores
  • Office buildings, from small office buildings to large office building complexes
  • Medical office buildings and healthcare facilities, including ambulatory surgery centers
  • Build-to-suit developments for single users, including pharmacies, restaurants and other retail uses
  • Multifamily and mixed-use developments
  • Historical downtown buildings
  • Public and private schools
  • Golf courses
  • Self-storage facilities
  • Industrial buildings and distribution centers
  • Quarrying operations
  • Large ranch tracts

Andrew has also served as special real estate counsel for asset purchase transactions involving real estate, including company acquisitions and the buy-back of franchisee assets.

Corporate

Entity formation, joint ventures, tenant-in-common agreements

Outside General Counsel

Advise on corporate strategy and coordinate litigation matters related to commercial real estate issues

  • Fellow, San Antonio Bar Foundation, 2022
  • “Top Attorneys” List, Real Estate, San Antonio Magazine, 2019
  • “Best S.A. Lawyers” List – Real Estate Transactions, San Antonio Scene, 2005, 2015, 2017-2021
  • 40 Under 40 Award, San Antonio Business Journal, 2016
  • Inductee, Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation, 2016
  • Rising Star, Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2004-2007
  • Real Estate Council of San Antonio
  • San Antonio Real Estate Council Leadership Development Program, Graduate
  • San Antonio Bar Association
  • North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, Board Member
  • Leadership San Antonio 42nd Class
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Practice Experience

Real Estate

Andrew has represented sophisticated private and institutional parties, including individuals, regional developers and Fortune 500 companies, with respect to the acquisition, disposition, leasing, financing and development of all types of commercial properties, including:

  • Retail shopping centers, from small strip centers to large multi-anchored power centers
  • Grocery and convenience stores
  • Office buildings, from small office buildings to large office building complexes
  • Medical office buildings and healthcare facilities, including ambulatory surgery centers
  • Build-to-suit developments for single users, including pharmacies, restaurants and other retail uses
  • Multifamily and mixed-use developments
  • Historical downtown buildings
  • Public and private schools
  • Golf courses
  • Self-storage facilities
  • Industrial buildings and distribution centers
  • Quarrying operations
  • Large ranch tracts

Andrew has also served as special real estate counsel for asset purchase transactions involving real estate, including company acquisitions and the buy-back of franchisee assets.

Corporate

Entity formation, joint ventures, tenant-in-common agreements

Outside General Counsel

Advise on corporate strategy and coordinate litigation matters related to commercial real estate issues

Recognition & Accolades

  • Fellow, San Antonio Bar Foundation, 2022
  • “Top Attorneys” List, Real Estate, San Antonio Magazine, 2019
  • “Best S.A. Lawyers” List – Real Estate Transactions, San Antonio Scene, 2005, 2015, 2017-2021
  • 40 Under 40 Award, San Antonio Business Journal, 2016
  • Inductee, Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation, 2016
  • Rising Star, Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2004-2007

Community Involvement

  • Real Estate Council of San Antonio
  • San Antonio Real Estate Council Leadership Development Program, Graduate
  • San Antonio Bar Association
  • North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, Board Member
  • Leadership San Antonio 42nd Class

Practice Areas

  • Real Estate

Experience

  • Acquisition & Disposition | Real Estate
  • College & University | Real Estate
  • Family Office
  • Farm & Ranch
  • Industrial
  • Investment, Leasing, & Management
  • Multifamily & Residential | Real Estate
  • Office | Real Estate
  • Restaurant | Real Estate
  • Retail & Mixed Use | Real Estate
  • Self-Storage Facilities
  • Single Family Residential | Real Estate

News

  • San Antonio Bar Foundation Elects Andrew Baumgardner as 2022 Fellow
  • ‘Scene in S.A.’ Recognizes 38 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2021 “Best S.A. Lawyers” List
  • ‘Scene in S.A.’ Recognizes 40 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2020 “Best S.A. Lawyers” and “Rising Star Lawyers” Lists
  • ‘San Antonio Scene’ Recognizes 39 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2019 “Best Lawyers” List
  • Jackson Walker Advises Whataburger in Sale of Majority Interest to BDT Capital Partners
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