Andrew Oppenheimer

Chief Legal Officer at Ferrara

Andrew Oppenheimer is the Chief Legal Officer of Ferrara. Ferrara’s sugar confectionary products provide delight to consumers around the world. Ferrara generated $1.5 billion in net revenue in 2022, driven by a complementary sugar confectionery portfolio that includes NERDs, Trolli, SweeTarts, Brach’s, Black Forest, Lemonheads, and many other iconic brands.

Andrew assumed the role of Ferrara’s Chief Legal Officer in March 2022, and leads the Company’s global legal and ethics, and compliance functions. He spent his first years with one the United States’ leading law firms, Vedder Price, based in its Chicago office. After he left Vedder Price, and prior to joining Ferrara, Andrew worked in the in-house legal departments at food and beverage company Kraft Heinz and tech giant Infosys.

Andrew holds Bachelor's degrees in English and History from the University of Iowa. He earned a JD from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is admitted to the bar in the State of Illinois.

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Ferrara is the third-largest U.S. non-chocolate confectionary company in the U.S. We have been sharing delight in every bite since 1908, when Salvatore Ferrara began selling candy-coated almonds from his bakery in Chicago’s Little Italy. Headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, the Company specializes in gummies, seasonal candies, fruit snacks, and other general line candies and offers its portfolio of well-loved consumer brands and private label products through retailers predominately in the United States.


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