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Ted Rhodes is a partner in our Energy & Infrastructure team with over 20 years’ experience advising on energy and natural resources matters globally.  He has particular expertise in offshore oil and gas projects, energy sector M&A and joint ventures, mining and commodities trading and logistics.

Ted leads our Brazil Desk in the UK and was the Managing Partner of our Rio de Janeiro office from 2009 to 2022.  He is also a founding member of our CMS Latin America steering committee and works across a number of countries in the region.  

As well as being an English solicitor, Ted is qualified as an attorney in the State of New York.  He has a deep understanding of the energy and resources sector globally, and experience working in a range of civil and common law jurisdictions across Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Americas. He understands his clients’ commercial drivers and concerns, negotiating and drafting agreements to protect their interests and mitigate operational risks.  

With more than 450 energy and climate change lawyers, including over 100 partners, the CMS Energy and Climate Change practice is one of the largest of its kind in the world. Led from its centres of excellence such as London and Aberdeen, the practice works across 75 offices globally. Building on 40 years of experience advising on power, oil & gas and renewables through to energy disputes, emerging areas and Energy Transition, CMS is uniquely placed to ensure clients receive advice best suited to their commercial needs and to our collective future.

Awards & Recognitions
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    “Ted Rhodes is very committed to the client, he’s very technical, he really knows what he’s talking about, and he has all the contracts down in his head.”
    IFLR1000 Latin America
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    "Ted Rhodes has an established background in oil and gas, along with renewables, often working alongside colleagues in Europe."
    Legal 500 Latin America

Relevant experience

  • Phillips 66 on the sale of a 65% interest in its Germany and Austria retail fuel marketing business, valued at EUR 2.5bn, including JET-branded sites, to a consortium owned by subsidiaries of investment firms Energy Equation Partners and Stonepeak. Also advised on joint venture arrangements, transitional services and fuel supply.
  • Serabi Gold on a joint venture with Vale to explore for copper and other base metals on its mining properties in northern Brazil, including an earn-in agreement, granting of options to subscribe for shares in a newly incorporated joint venture company, further put and call options, shareholders’ agreement and company constitutional documents, as well as a net smelter royalty and priority offtake rights for Vale.
  • Prio on various oil and gas matters, including contracts for the acquisition, chartering and operation of floating oil production platforms (FPSOs), crude oil marketing and sales arrangements.
  • Flotation Energy in relation to their successful applications for rights over two sites for the development of floating offshore wind farms for the decarbonisation of oil and gas installations, through the Crown Estate Scotland’s INTOG leasing round.
  • Geopark on its USD 530m acquisition of Repsol’s oil and gas assets in Colombia, through the acquisition of 100% of a Canadian company and its Colombian branch and Repsol’s minority stake in a Delaware company.
  • Galp on the time charter of a dynamically positioned shuttle tanker for offloading of crude from offshore platforms.
  • Eneva on various matters, including in relation to coal supply contracts for its thermal power projects in Brazil, the procurement of gas turbines and on the financed acquisition of a land-based drilling rig.
  • Alpla on the acquisition of a majority interest and creation of a joint venture with previous sole owners in Brazilian HDPE recycling company Clean Bottle, the owner of a HDPE recycling plant in Brazil.
  • Colombian Ministry of Mines & Energy in producing a comparative study of upstream oil and gas regimes in Brazil, Mexico, the U.K. and Angola, as compared with Colombia’s existing model, and advising on changes to its E&P Contracts to make them more attractive to international oil companies.
  • Brazilian Sellers on the sale of a 494MWp solar power project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, to a major European infrastructure fund, including SPA and option agreement, shareholders’ agreement, development services agreement, land use deeds and ancillary documentation.

Memberships & Roles

  • Member, CMS Latin America Steering Committee
  • Co-Chair of Lex Anglo-Brazil
  • Member, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)

Education

  • 2000 – BA, University of Nottingham, Nottingham

Insights by Ted

Oil & Gas: Indemnities are not always wide

Oil & Gas: Indemnities are not always wide

27 Aug 2026 11 min read
Energy Supply Chain Contracts: Are your standard T&Cs incorporated?

Energy Supply Chain Contracts: Are your standard T&Cs incorporated?

15 Apr 2026 11 min read
Effective gas and LNG portfolio management in troubled times

Effective gas and LNG portfolio management in troubled times

23 Mar 2026 4 min read
Geothermal Energy First in the U.K.

Geothermal Energy First in the U.K.

03 Mar 2026 10 min read
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