Profile
Andrew R. Biehl’s practice focuses on representing lenders in financing transactions and, when necessary, exercising remedies in connection therewith. He primarily represents national, regional and community financial institutions in structuring and documenting financing transactions. Andrew also has extensive experience representing creditors in connection with distressed assets, whether it be through forbearance or workout arrangements, exercising remedies in state or federal court, or through the bankruptcy process. He also maintains a general commercial practice where he represents businesses in matters ranging from corporate formation and governance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, and other general matters.
Before joining Baird Holm, Andrew practiced for 13 years in a regional firm primarily focused on financing and creditors’ rights. Prior to and while he was attending law school, he was employed by a regional bank where he managed a substantial commercial real estate loan portfolio and participated in the bank’s acquisition and management of distressed assets from a failed financial institution.
Andrew was formerly an adjunct professor at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, where he taught Commercial Real Estate Finance and Investment to undergraduate students. He is also a frequent speaker at client and attorney seminars on topics related to his practice area.
Areas of Practice
Education
- University of Nebraska College of Law, J.D., with distinction, 2012
- University of Nebraska College of Business Administration, M.B.A., 2012
- University of Nebraska College of Arts and Sciences, B.A., Political Science, 2006
Bar & Court Admissions
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- South Dakota
- United States District Court, District of Nebraska
- United States District Court, District of South Dakota
- United States District Court, District of Northern Iowa
- United States District Court, District of Southern Iowa
- United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Nebraska
- United States Bankruptcy Court, District of South Dakota
- United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Northern Iowa
- United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Southern Iowa
Professional & Civic Affiliations
- Nebraska State Bar Association, Bank Attorneys Section, Past Chairman
Represented Reported Cases
- Agrifund, LLC v. Heartland Co-Op, 436 F.Supp.3d 1230 (S.D. Iowa, 2020), aff’d, 8 F.4th 660 (8th Cir. 2021)
- Giron v. Springfield Inc., 2020 WL 9347649 (D. Ariz. Feb. 7, 2020)
- In re Fansteel Foundry Corporation, 2019 WL 2064412 (Bankr.S.D. Iowa May 8, 2019)
- Matter of Peters, 2019 WL 1958660 (Bankr. D. Neb. April 23, 2019)
- Central Bank and Real Estate Owned, L.L.C. v. Hogan, 891 N.W.2d 197 (Iowa 2017)
- In re Midland Properties II, LLC, 2016 WL 3637708 (Bankr.D.Neb. June 29, 2016)
Recent Speaking Engagements
- “UCC Article 12,” NSBA Bank Attorney Section Annual Meeting, October 2024
- “Deeds of Trust: Parties and Terms,” Probate & Trust Law Section Annual Real Estate Institute, NSBA Real Estate, October 2019
- “Financing: Mortgages, Trust Deeds and Land Contracts,” NSBA Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section Annual Real Estate Institute, October 2018
- “Debtor/Creditor Bankruptcy Jurisdictional Issues,” Bank Attorneys Seminar, Nebraska State Bar Association, October 2018
