Theodore I. Blum

Ted Blum serves as Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Atlanta office and Chair of the firm’s Atlanta Corporate Practice. In this role, he provides strategic leadership for one of the firm’s largest and most dynamic offices, guiding its growth initiatives, strengthening key client relationships, and advancing the office’s market position across industries. He leads and advises a team with the strategic business, legal, and market experience needed to manage and close complex transactions while also providing counsel on day-to-day corporate operations.

Ted concentrates his practice in corporate and business law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate finance. He represents corporations, investment firms, boards of directors, executives, and entrepreneurs in the structuring and negotiation of complex, multimillion-dollar mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures of public and privately held companies. His experience includes leveraged buyouts, tax-free reorganizations, stock redemptions, and acquisitions of financially troubled or insolvent companies.

He also works closely with growth companies raising equity or debt capital in private placements and other transactions exempt from federal and state securities registration requirements. These matters include structuring and negotiating the rights, privileges, and preferences of common and preferred equity, convertible debt, warrants, and other financing arrangements, as well as advising on investor protections, governance rights, and capital structure strategy. In addition, Ted represents companies in joint ventures, partnership and strategic arrangements, licensing and development agreements, distribution and supply agreements, shareholder agreements, employment and consulting agreements, and other key commercial relationships.

Known for his clarity, steady counsel, and relationship-driven approach, Ted regularly advises boards of directors and executive leadership teams on corporate governance, strategic growth initiatives, and risk management decisions that shape long-term enterprise value. His leadership reflects a combination of technical corporate acumen, business judgment, and institutional perspective that supports clients through both transformative transactions and ongoing operational strategy.