Bio

Ted Rosen is a preeminent corporate lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, and securities law. Ted is known as a consummate deal maker with the ability to lead and close deals of all sizes. He is regularly recognized in rankings by industry leading media for his sell-side transactional work. Ted counsels large, established, and emerging growth companies and private equity funds in mergers, management buyouts, recapitalizations, roll-ups, and growth strategies, as well as in matters related to structuring, organization, governance, financing, employment and compensation. He also advises clients on the development, protection, licensing, and distribution of their products, technologies, and services. Ted has also represented public companies in SEC reporting and compliance matters, private and public companies in registered and unregistered equity and debt financing transactions, public and private targets and acquirers in mergers and acquisitions, and, public companies in corporate governance and related matters, including initial and continued listing matters. Ted provides counsel to numerous foreign-based businesses, and acts as a trusted U.S. legal adviser on the structuring of their domestic and overseas operations. In addition, he provides and supervises legal services for inbound foreign businesses, including United States business formation, capitalization, and corporate governance; executive compensation-employment agreement and incentive and restricted option plans; inter-company transfer pricing and services agreements; obtaining visas and green cards for employees and compliance with U.S. immigration laws; structuring and documentation of joint venture or other contractual relationships with U.S. partners; mergers and acquisitions with existing U.S. businesses; inbound and outbound international business transactions; advice on the legal requirements for hiring personnel and compliance with U.S. and state labor laws; review and negotiation of lease agreements and purchases of real estate in the U.S.; and, drafting distributorship/licensing/service agreements. Ted counsels emerging growth companies seeking venture capital—from seed capital to later-stage financings. Drawing on his contacts and relationships in the angel financing, venture capital, growth equity, private equity, hedge fund and banking communities, he facilitates introductions and referrals to help clients raise capital and obtain debt. He is a trusted advisor, helping build superior companies that maximize returns for the entrepreneur, investors, and key contributors.