
A. Sidney Holderness, Jr.
Of Counsel
sholderness@andrewskurth.com
Suite 4200
Houston TX 77002
P: 713.220.4422
F: 713.220.4285
Sid has specialized in private financing since the late 1960s. His transactional practice includes representation of banks, insurance companies, and other institutional investors, and borrowers and securities issuers, in financing structures ranging from traditional bank loans and direct placements of securities to corporate restructurings, equipment leasing, acquisition finance, cross-border facility financing, and multi-currency lending.
Articles / Publications
Co-Author
- "Unsecured Bank Credit Agreements" (with Linda Dole), Commercial Contracts: Strategies for Drafting and Negotiating (2004)
- Legal Opinion Letters Formbook, Second Edition (2003), (with Brooke Wunnicke)
- "Non-Public Debt Financing" (with Linda Dole), Transactional Lawyers Deskbook: Advising Business Entities (2001)
Editorial Review Group - "Third-Party Legal Opinion Report," including the Silverado Legal Opinion Accord, ABA Business Law Section (1991)
Co-Reporter - "Special Report on the Remedies Opinion," TriBar Opinion Committee (1991)
Professional / Civic Affiliations
Member
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- New York County Lawyers Association (TriBar Opinion Committee)
- State Bar of New York
- New York State Bar Association
- American Bar Association (Business Law Section, Committee on Legal Opinions, Meetings Committee)
- American Law Institute
- Past President, American College of Investment Counsel
- Elder, Bellaire Presbyterian Church
Industries
Practice Areas
Education
- LLB, 1962, Yale Law School, Yale Law Journal, Board of Editors, Order of the Coif
- BA, 1959, magna cum laude, History, Yale College, Phi Beta Kappa
Admitted
- New York 1964

