Biography

Andre R. Jaglom is chair of Tannenbaum Helpern’s Corporate practice and of its Franchise Law, Distribution and E-Commerce practice. Drew also leads the Firm’s multi-disciplinary Cybersecurity and Data Privacy practice.

Drew regularly counsels clients in the distribution and marketing of goods and services. His distribution experience includes the establishment and restructuring of distribution networks; domestic and international distribution and supply contracts; mergers and acquisitions of distribution companies; the acquisition, sale and exchange of distribution rights; e-commerce distribution agreements; distributor and supplier relations, and dealer termination litigation.

Drew has led our teams in numerous major distributor acquisitions and joint ventures, and has structured and handled dozens of brand distribution rights transactions. He also assists clients with the development of corporate legal compliance programs in antitrust and other areas, as well as providing general corporate counseling to new and established businesses.

In addition, Drew leads Tannenbaum Helpern’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy practice. This interdisciplinary team has experience in the many facets of this critical area of importance to all businesses, including technology issues, cybersecurity and data privacy regulation and compliance, data breach planning and response, and dispute resolution. He has helped guide clients in complying with the varying regulations of data privacy and protection in the U.S., Europe and other jurisdictions around the world.

Drew has decades of experience representing clients in the food and beverage industry, including alcoholic beverage law and soft drink distribution, franchise agreements and offering circulars, computer law, and trade associations and non-profit organizations. Drew was the principal draftsman of the New Jersey Malt Alcoholic Beverages Practices Act, which was signed into law in 2005. He is frequently quoted in beer, wine and spirits industry trade publications.

For over thirty years, Drew chaired the annual American Law Institute-American Bar Association Course of Study on Product Distribution and Marketing, to rave reviews from lawyers who attended. Drew has spoken for many years on international distribution and marketing law, privacy and data protection, and intellectual property protection issues at meetings of the New York State Bar Association International Section. He is a member of the NYSBA Finance Committee, and former member of the NYSBA Executive Committee (having recently completed the maximum of two consecutive two-year terms); a former Chair of the NYSBA Business Law Section; a former Chair of the NYSBA International Section and Chair of its International Distribution, Sales and Marketing Committee; a member of the Executive Committees of the International Section and the Business Law Section; and former Chair of the NYSBA Section Delegates Caucus. He served for eight years on the Computer Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, including five as Secretary.

Drew has been selected for inclusion in New York Metro Super Lawyers continuously from 2006 through 2023 – every year that selections have been made. He has also been selected for inclusion in the 2013 through 2024 Best Lawyers in America Guide, and was selected as the Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” for Franchise Law in New York City in the 2022 Guide.