For over 25 years, Ted has guided clients in relation to the strategic US and cross-border M&A transactions, commercial matters, financings and business matters.
Ted's extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions spans hundreds of deals, a wide variety of industries / sectors, and 60+ jurisdictions. Ted regularly represents corporate buyers and sellers, private equity firms, management teams, and multinational institutions on, inter alia, complex M&A transactions, investment rounds, asset disposal, spin-outs, leveraged recaps, and corporate restructurings.
In terms of private capital, Ted counsels private equity funds, growth capital and venture funds, family offices, institutional LPs, and GPs / management teams on their private capital investments, fund formations, refinancings, restructurings, and matters of dispute. In so doing, Ted leverages his in-house private equity experience to drive value for private capital clients.
In addition to transactional work, Ted regularly structures and negotiates complex corporate-commercial contractual arrangements – including, inter alia, joint ventures and strategic partnerships; profit sharing arrangements; and consortium / co-investments agreements. He also regularly advises clients in regard to reorganizations, dissolutions, corporate governance, contractual disputes, and other day-to-day business / contractual matters.
Ted is licensed in the states of Illinois and California, and has been a recognized attorney in The Legal 500 M&A for Middle-Market Transactions (2022 - 2025), and for Technology Transactions (2023 and 2024) and in Chambers for Corporate M&A/Private Equity (2026). He and his team have also won ‘Cross-Border M&A Deal of the Year’ Awards from The M&A Advisor in 2024 and 2025. Ted currently serves as Co-Chair of Eversheds’ USA Private Equity Sub-Group. Prior to joining Eversheds, Ted served as the Chair of Cross-Border Transactions, Head of International Private Equity and Head of Private Equity (CEEMENA) of market-leading ‘Magic-Circle’ and ‘AMLAW’ 50 law firms.
‘Ted Cominos is not just very good at legal matters, but also at solving problems and getting deals done. I cannot recommend him enough.’ –Legal 500 USA 2024
- Recognized The Legal 500 M&A: Middle-Market Transactions (2022-2025) and Technology Transactions (2023 & 2024)
- Recognized Chambers: Corporate M&A/Private Equity (2026)
- Winner: Cross-Border Deal of the Year by The M&A Advisor (2024 and 2025)
Latest Insights
- legal updatesIncreased regulation and its impact on M&A
- podcasts and webcastsKey differences in M&A rep & warranty insurance among the US, UK, and Europe
- podcasts and webcastsStaying Connected: Convergence of M&A deal terms and insurance practice among the US, UK, and Europe
Latest News
- firm newsEversheds Sutherland Advises GLGH Steel on Definitive Agreement to Sell 100% of the Share Capital of Artrom Steel Tubes S.A. to Tenaris S.A.
- firm newsEversheds Sutherland Advises Xtellus Capital Partners on Purchase of Oil and Gas Assets from Enap Sipetrol in Argentina
- media mentionsMarketWatch: Buhler Industries to Have 97% of Shares Acquired for C$60.5 Million
legal updates
November 05, 2024
Increased regulation and its impact on M&A
podcasts and webcasts
October 09, 2024
Key differences in M&A rep & warranty insurance among the US, UK, and Europ...
podcasts and webcasts
September 30, 2024
Staying Connected: Convergence of M&A deal terms and insurance practice amo...
firm news
May 08, 2026
Eversheds Sutherland Advises GLGH Steel on Definitive Agreement to Sell 100...
firm news
June 24, 2025
Eversheds Sutherland Advises Xtellus Capital Partners on Purchase of Oil an...
media mentions
December 20, 2023
MarketWatch: Buhler Industries to Have 97% of Shares Acquired for C$60.5 Mi...
- Represented ASKO HOLDINGS, on its acquisition of Custom Equipment, a market-leading manufacturer and distributer of scissor lift construction equipment.
- Represented BASAK TRAKTOR, a global manufacturer of heavy construction and agricultural equipment, on its acquisition of Buhler Industries Inc. (a publicly traded Canadian company and 50+ year-old, market-leading manufacturer and distributer of agricultural machinery products - including tractors, tillage, mowers, bale carriers, and snowblowers).
- Represented Element Solutions, a global and diversified specialty chemical technology company, in the sale of its flexographic printing plate business across 14 jurisdictions to private-equity backed XSYS Inc
- Represented DIAKRIT AB, a leader in global real estate marketing, on its acquisition of Virtuance, LLC, a US-based leading real estate photography provider.
- Advised GlobalFood Tech, the provider of a market-leading platform enabling restaurants around the world to easily create websites, ordering menus, and branded mobile apps, in its acquisition by Oracle Corporation.
- Ethical & Practical Considerations of Engaging Local Legal Counsel, CLE Esquire
- Practical Considerations of Cross-Border M&A, CLE Esquire
- PE Fund Launch Checklist: Guideline for Establishing a New Private Investment Fund, LexisNexis Practice Insights
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the areas of mergers and acquisitions: middle-market (2022-2025); Mergers and Acquisitions: Technology (2023) and Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions (2024)
- Recognized by Chambers in the areas of Corporate M&A and Private Equity (2026)
- Winner: Cross-Border M&A Deal of the Year by The M&A Advisor (2024 and 2025)
- Member, California State Bar Association
- Member, Illinois State Bar Association
- Certified FINRA Arbitrator
- Member, American Bar Association
- Illinois
- J.D., Monterey College of Law
- M.B.A., Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, (International Management)