Andrew W. Needham is a prominent American tax lawyer. He is a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He joined the law firm as a lateral partner in 2005 from Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Needham was among the Cravath partners who advised Johnson & Johnson in its 2011 purchase of Synthes, Inc. for $21.3 billion, then the largest acquisition by Johnson & Johnson in its history. Needham was also part of the Cravath team that advised New Media Investment Group in its 2019 acquisition of Gannett Co., which created the largest newspaper publisher in the United States.