Theodore E.Cornell, III
Partner and Associate General Counsel
Corporate
tcornell@seyfarth.com
Ted offers creative and practical advice on finance and business combinations, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, mezzanine investments, secured lending, workouts, and restructuring.
More About Ted
Financial institutions, M&A sellers and buyers, business owners, corporate CEOs, CFOs, and general counsel seek solutions to ever-changing, complex business and legal issues. Clients look to Ted for innovative, practical, and responsive solutions to these challenges.
Ted is a transaction-oriented corporate lawyer with experience in finance and business combinations, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, mezzanine investments, secured lending, workouts, and restructuring. Representing at various times lenders, borrowers, buyers, sellers, and businesses in all types of matters gives Ted a uniquely broad perspective and the ability to creatively help clients achieve their goals.
The M&A practice is constantly evolving and Ted always has market knowledge as to current practices and trends. For example, he has counseled banks in providing credit facilities to private equity firms and to non-bank lenders, which many times require cutting-edge structuring. He has also represented closely held or family businesses in all aspects of their legal needs, coordinating with others in the firm as needed.
Ted enjoys quarterbacking transactions and using Seyfarth's talented people and innovative suite of resources in a seamless manner for the clients' benefit.
Ted is a transaction-oriented corporate lawyer with experience in finance and business combinations, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, mezzanine investments, secured lending, workouts, and restructuring. Representing at various times lenders, borrowers, buyers, sellers, and businesses in all types of matters gives Ted a uniquely broad perspective and the ability to creatively help clients achieve their goals.
The M&A practice is constantly evolving and Ted always has market knowledge as to current practices and trends. For example, he has counseled banks in providing credit facilities to private equity firms and to non-bank lenders, which many times require cutting-edge structuring. He has also represented closely held or family businesses in all aspects of their legal needs, coordinating with others in the firm as needed.
Ted enjoys quarterbacking transactions and using Seyfarth's talented people and innovative suite of resources in a seamless manner for the clients' benefit.
- BS, University of Notre Dame
With honors
- JD, Northwestern University School of Law
Cum laude
- Illinois
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"Theodore Cornell III, in Chicago, is 'technically strong and has good business sense'." —From The Legal 500
Ted offers creative and practical advice on finance and business combinations, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, mezzanine investments, secured lending, workouts, and restructuring.
More About Ted
Financial institutions, M&A sellers and buyers, business owners, corporate CEOs, CFOs, and general counsel seek solutions to ever-changing, complex business and legal issues. Clients look to Ted for innovative, practical, and responsive solutions to these challenges.
Ted is a transaction-oriented corporate lawyer with experience in finance and business combinations, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, mezzanine investments, secured lending, workouts, and restructuring. Representing at various times lenders, borrowers, buyers, sellers, and businesses in all types of matters gives Ted a uniquely broad perspective and the ability to creatively help clients achieve their goals.
The M&A practice is constantly evolving and Ted always has market knowledge as to current practices and trends. For example, he has counseled banks in providing credit facilities to private equity firms and to non-bank lenders, which many times require cutting-edge structuring. He has also represented closely held or family businesses in all aspects of their legal needs, coordinating with others in the firm as needed.
Ted enjoys quarterbacking transactions and using Seyfarth's talented people and innovative suite of resources in a seamless manner for the clients' benefit.
Ted is a transaction-oriented corporate lawyer with experience in finance and business combinations, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, mezzanine investments, secured lending, workouts, and restructuring. Representing at various times lenders, borrowers, buyers, sellers, and businesses in all types of matters gives Ted a uniquely broad perspective and the ability to creatively help clients achieve their goals.
The M&A practice is constantly evolving and Ted always has market knowledge as to current practices and trends. For example, he has counseled banks in providing credit facilities to private equity firms and to non-bank lenders, which many times require cutting-edge structuring. He has also represented closely held or family businesses in all aspects of their legal needs, coordinating with others in the firm as needed.
Ted enjoys quarterbacking transactions and using Seyfarth's talented people and innovative suite of resources in a seamless manner for the clients' benefit.
- BS, University of Notre Dame
With honors
- JD, Northwestern University School of Law
Cum laude
- Illinois
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Related News & Insights
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Attorney Publication
Nov 6, 2020
Seyfarth lawyers update Illinois Corporate Practice and Forms: The Seyfarth Shaw Manual
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Recognition
May 30, 2019
Seyfarth Earns Top Rankings in Legal 500 U.S. 2019
-
Firm News
Aug 8, 2018
Seyfarth Represents Tightrope Capital in its Investment in Fabulous Floors
-
Recognition
May 30, 2018
Seyfarth Earns Top Rankings in Legal 500 U.S. 2018
- Recognized Attorney, M&A/Corporate & Commercial: M&A Middle Market (US), The Legal 500 ( Legalese Ltd. ) (2012-2019)
- The Pilcher Hamilton Corporation, director
- PMI Systems Inc., director
- Private Directors Association
- Association for Corporate Growth
- American Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- Contributor, Illinois Corporate Practice and Forms: The Seyfarth Shaw Manual (2017–2020)
- Leslie Shankman School Corporation, operating Hyde Park Day School and The Orthogenic School executive committee
- Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation (founding member; former board member)
"Theodore Cornell III, in Chicago, is 'technically strong and has good business sense'." —From The Legal 500