Andrea Pereira

Andrea Pereira is Managing Counsel for the Health & Business Affairs section and provides legal advice and counsel to System members on a wide range of health law and business and commercial matters including clinical research agreements, healthcare transactions and operations, human subject research issues, health insurance plans, educational programs, privacy and information/data security matters, information technology products or services, affiliation or collaboration agreements, business and commercial transactions, and general corporate matters. She also represents Texas A&M Health Science Center, its colleges and components, on a wide range of healthcare transactional, operational and compliance matters, including healthcare services, business and strategic affiliations, clinical operations, faculty practice plan, clinical education, 1115 waiver, HIPAA and state privacy laws, and other healthcare regulatory issues.

Andrea joined the Office of General Counsel in 2010.  She has over 15 years of experience as a corporate attorney handling a wide range of transactional and corporate matters, including: mergers and acquisitions; complex business and financial transactions; securities offerings and public/private partnerships. Prior to joining OGC, Andrea was in private practice as a Senior Associate in the corporate group at Andrews Kurth LLP in The Woodlands, TX.  Previously, she was an Associate in the corporate and securities team at Dechert LLP in Philadelphia, PA.

Education
J.D., Boston College School of Law, 2003
B.A. in Foreign Affairs and Spanish, University of Virginia, 1999

Languages
Spanish

Professional Affiliations
State Bar of Texas
Brazos County Bar Association
National Association of College and University Attorneys

Admissions
Texas
Pennsylvania