Overview
Elizabeth Tedford represents large publicly traded companies, startups, privately held companies, individuals and private equity funds and their portfolio companies in business transactions, focusing on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions and dispositions, and related structuring matters. She also advises clients on a range of other general corporate matters, including drafting and reviewing commercial contracts, and preparing employment-related documents (including employment, severance, bonus, termination and similar agreements), and lease agreements. Elizabeth has counseled multiple clients through large-scale corporate reorganizations and worked closely with clients’ management teams to ensure a seamless transition. She also co-chairs the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group.
Elizabeth serves on Robinson Bradshaw’s New Associate Committee. Prior to joining Robinson Bradshaw, she was an associate with Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago.
Experience
- Represents a Houston-based public company in strategic acquisitions of more than a 20 electrical, mechanical and plumbing contractors, HVAC installation and maintenance companies and related businesses throughout the United States.
- Represents a public company headquartered in the Netherlands in strategic acquisitions of metal heat-treating, processing, stamping and surface treatment companies; divestitures of various manufacturing business divisions; and internal restructuring and corporate governance matters from a U.S. perspective.
- Represents a portfolio company of a New York City-based private equity firm in add-on acquisitions in the forensic engineering and investigative and insurance fraud solutions space.
- Represents a Palo Alto-based public software company in strategic acquisitions to supplement their existing product offerings.
- Represented a Charlotte-based public company in strategic acquisitions in the industrial lighting and engineered air movement segments, internal restructuring projects and other commercial matters.
- Represented a small business investment company in equity and mezzanine debt investments and served as primary counsel for certain of the fund's portfolio companies, assisting with incentive compensation agreements, employment agreements, commercial contract review and other general corporate matters.
- Represented various software and technology companies in connection with sales to public companies including Amazon and Opendoor.
- Represented a Charlotte-based public company in its strategic acquisition of a business engaged in the design, manufacture, distribution and sale of mechanical seals for aerospace and industrial applications, and dispositions of various business lines.
Accolades
Honors & Recognitions
- CLIMB, Outstanding Pro Bono Contributions, 2024
- Business North Carolina, Legal Elite, corporate, 2023
- The Best Lawyers in America, One to Watch, business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), mergers and acquisitions, securities/capital markets, securities regulation, 2021-25; venture capital, 2023-25
- North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Star, business/corporate, 2018-22; mergers & acquisitions, 2023-25
Affiliations
Professional Affiliations
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellow, 2022
- American Bar Association, Business Law and Young Lawyers Sections
- North Carolina Bar Association Leadership Academy, Class of 2019
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Practice Areas
Education
University of Virginia, J.D., 2011; Senior Articles Editor, Virginia Law and Business Review
University of Miami, B.A., cum laude, 2007
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina
- Illinois
