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Soheil Ebadat

Soheil leads deals for founders, sponsors and strategic buyers, from European football club acquisitions to growth financings, and serves as outside general counsel to the companies behind them.

Chambers USA 2026Ranked, Corporate/M&A The Legal 500 United StatesCorporate and M&A Super Lawyers 2026Rising Stars, Mergers & Acquisitions

Soheil Ebadat is a highly regarded attorney whose practice demonstrates expertise across a broad range of transactions. He is active on both domestic and cross-border deals.

Chambers USA 2026

“Soheil is a sophisticated, big-picture thinker who has the technical chops to deliver outstanding representation in M&A.”
Client feedback, Chambers USA 2026

“His ability to navigate complex deals, and get them across the line, puts him amongst the best.”
Client feedback, Chambers USA 2026

“Soheil’s attention to detail and care for our business is amazing. He treats our business like it’s his own.”
Client feedback, Chambers USA 2026

“Soheil delivers exceptional client service with a high level of sophistication, commercial awareness and creativity. He approaches legal questions strategically and thinks beyond conventional frameworks to identify innovative, practical solutions that align with our business objectives.”
Client feedback, Chambers USA 2026

About

Soheil founded Ebadat after practicing at Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins and serving as General Counsel of Redbud Brands. Founders, investors, and strategic acquirers bring him in when speed, leverage, and risk allocation decide the outcome.

His practice focuses on M&A, venture capital and growth financings, outside general counsel work and strategic commercial contracting, and fund representation. He advises clients across sports, CPG, energy, technology, engineering and construction, finance, healthcare, and aerospace.

Soheil serves as a board member of the Texas A&M Economics Department and Club Deportivo Leganés.

Experience

Before founding Ebadat, he served as General Counsel of Redbud Brands, an investment fund and studio that invests in and scales consumer brands. Earlier in his career, he practiced at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP, and held roles at Pritzker Private Capital and Accenture.

Representative matters

Sellers of Specialty Waste GroupSale of Specialty Waste Group, a Texas specialty waste broker, to an NMS Capital-backed buyerSell-side M&A

DIO Capital PartnersAcquisition of Prowire USAPrivate equity

Levine Leichtman Capital PartnersSale of Caring Brands InternationalPrivate equity exit

ICP Group (Audax-backed)Add-on acquisition of Choice AdhesivesAdd-on acquisition

Blue Crow Sports GroupSale of a controlling interest in CD Leganés (La Liga) to 885 CapitalSports M&A

Magnetar Capital$100 million preferred equity investment in PosiGen, a renewable energy solutions providerPreferred equity

Channel Football GroupAcquisition of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, as a founding sponsor of Arise Capital PartnersSports M&A

Blue Crow Sports GroupAcquisition of Le Havre Athletic Club (Ligue 1)Sports M&A

U.S. investor consortiumAdvanced bid for A.C. Monza (Serie A)Sports M&A

Outgoing ownership groupSale transaction involving MFK Vyškov (Czech Republic)Sports M&A

Blue Crow Sports GroupAcquisition of two professional football clubsSports M&A

AcostaAcquisition of The CORE Group, a national foodservice sales agencyM&A

AcostaDefinitive agreement to acquire Impact GroupM&A

MRO CorporationAcquisition of Cobius Healthcare SolutionsM&A

MRO CorporationAcquisition of FIGmdM&A

Bain & CompanyAcquisition of Umbrage, a digital product studioM&A

Pike CorporationMajority investment by Lindsay GoldbergPrivate equity

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice$2.5 billion sale of Sirius Computer Solutions to CDWPrivate equity exit

KKR$5.3 billion acquisition of ClouderaPrivate equity

Vector Acquisition Corporation$4.1 billion merger with Rocket Lab USAPublic M&A

Rice Acquisition Corp.$1.15 billion business combination with Aria Energy and Archaea EnergyPublic M&A

Redbud BrandsJoint venture with a global food companyJoint venture

Swiss energy companyStrategic partnership with a Fortune 500 companyStrategic partnership

Magnetar Capital$402 million IPO of Star Peak Corp II (NYSE: STPC)Capital markets

Callon Petroleum Company$140 million overriding royalty interest transaction and $300 million second lien notes and warrantsFinancing

WanderCredit facility and launch of Atlas REITFinancing

Fintech company$250 million Series C financingVenture financing

BuyerSecondary acquisition of Olipop sharesSecondary

Institutional investorsSecondary transactions involving a late-stage consumer brandSecondary

Includes matters handled by Soheil Ebadat at prior firms.

Publications

U.S. Investor's Guide to Investing in European Football (2026)Author How to Sell Your Company: A Founder's 90-Day Prep PlaybookEbadat Insights Indemnification in Private M&A: Baskets, Caps, Escrows, Survival, and SandbaggingEbadat Insights Working Capital Adjustments in M&A: How They Work and Where Sellers Lose Money at ClosingEbadat Insights Rollover Equity: How Sellers Defer Tax and Protect the Second BiteEbadat Insights Johnson & Johnson v. Fortis: Delaware Supreme Court Limits the Implied Covenant in Earnout DisputesEbadat Insights Essential Clauses in Stock Purchase Agreements: A Buyer and Seller PerspectiveEbadat Insights

All insights

Credentials

Education

J.D., University of Chicago Law School
Doctoroff Fellow, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
B.S., Economics, summa cum laude, Texas A&M University

Bar admissions

Texas

Prior firms

Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins

Recognition

Chambers USA 2026Ranked, Corporate/M&A
The Legal 500 United StatesCorporate and M&A
Super Lawyers 2026Rising Stars, Mergers & Acquisitions

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