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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Theodore H. Cominos Jr. has joined the firm’s M&A and Private Capital teams in the Chicago office as partner. Mr. Cominos is the sixth partner to join the firm in Chicago and the third M&A partner added there since the office opened in May 2019. Additionally, Cristina Audran-Proca has joined Eversheds Sutherland in the Paris office as counsel. Mr. Cominos, who joins from Faegre Drinker, advises domestic and international clients on complex M&A, private equity, venture capital, corporate commercial, commercial real estate and debt-finance transactions.
“Ted is an experienced deal attorney with a global client base, making him a natural fit for Eversheds Sutherland,” said Mark D. Wasserman, Co-CEO of Eversheds Sutherland. “His practice is ideally suited for the global corporate and private equity platform we provide to our clients.” “With hundreds of closed transactions across more than 50 jurisdictions, Ted brings exactly the kind of cross-border transactional experience to the table that we have been looking for to continue our growth in Chicago,” said Robert J. Pile, Global Co-Head of Eversheds Sutherland’s Corporate Practice Group. He has more than 20 years of experience as lead counsel on mergers and acquisitions, asset sales and dispositions, restructurings, joint-venture, co-investment, strategic collaboration, profit-participating and licensing/royalty arrangements. His clients include public and private companies, private equity funds, venture funds, seed and angel investors on all stages of private investment. Ms. Audran-Proca, also joining from Faegre Drinker, advises clients on private equity, venture capital and other cross-border M&A and corporate transactions in Europe and beyond. She has over fifteen years of experience advising private investment funds of all sizes, consortia of funds, management teams, entrepreneurs seeking venture or private equity backing, and corporates on various international transactions and projects, across a multitude of sectors and jurisdictions. Together, they have over 15 years of cross-border transactional collaboration as a team, across a wide array of geographies, sectors and industries. About Eversheds Sutherland’s Corporate Practice With more than 700 attorneys worldwide, Eversheds Sutherland’s global mergers and acquisitions team provides pragmatic advice and comprehensive support that enables clients to evaluate, structure and complete transactions across a broad spectrum of industries. The team combines decades of experience with in-depth knowledge of local and cross-border practices. Wherever the transaction is led from, we provide a seamless and integrated worldwide service. Our attorneys are well versed in the unique requirements of mergers, tender offers, stock and asset acquisitions, corporate restructurings, spin-offs, recapitalizations and other deal structures. We negotiate and establish alliances, joint ventures and other partnering relationships. In addition, we develop innovative approaches to implement other tailored commercial relationships. Our global M&A team advises clients across a broad range of sectors including financial services, insurance, payment systems, technology, communications, energy, industrials, consumer products, professional services, health care and e-commerce. We understand regulatory frameworks and the impact on transactions of the key issues that affect your business. This in-depth sector knowledge allows us to add real value to the M&A process.
About Eversheds Sutherland With more than 3,000 lawyers, Eversheds Sutherland operates in 68 offices in 32 jurisdictions across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. In addition, a network of more than 200 related law firms, including formalized alliances in Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa, provide support around the globe. Eversheds Sutherland provides the full range of legal services, including corporate and M&A; dispute resolution and litigation; energy and infrastructure; finance; human capital and labor law; intellectual property; real estate and construction; and tax. Eversheds Sutherland is a global legal practice and comprises two separate legal entities: Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (headquartered in the UK) and Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (headquartered in the US), and their respective controlled, managed, affiliated and member firms. The use of the name Eversheds Sutherland is for description purposes only and does not imply that the member firms or their controlled, managed or affiliated entities are in a partnership or are part of a global LLP. For more information, visit eversheds-sutherland.com. |
