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Mark has a corporate and securities practice that focuses on a variety of transactional and governance matters. He represents clients in mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings and in venture capital and private equity transactions. Mark's mergers and acquisitions experience includes the purchase and sale of both public and private entities, the acquisition of organizations in financial distress and the use of Employee Stock Ownership Plans.
Mark also advises clients on corporate governance issues and counsels both private, public and non profit boards of directors on governance and other matters (ranging from Sarbanes-Oxley compliance to family business transactions). In addition, his practice regularly involves intellectual property issues such as trademark and technology ownership, protection and licensing.
Mark is also a frequent speaker and author on a variety of business and transaction topics. He is consistently recognized by his peers as a Texas Super Lawyer in corporate finance in Texas Monthly magazine and as one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions in D Magazine.
Mark is the Managing Partner of the Dallas office and is also a member of the newly formed Executive Committee for the firm.
ARTICLES / PUBLICATIONS
Author, Co-Author or Sole Commentator
Securities Regulation" (with Joseph A. Hoffman), Doing Business in Texas - A Guide for Foreign Investors Doing Business in the Lone Star State, First and Second Edition (2000 and 2003)
"Viewing Clients as Partners," The Innovative Lawyer (2003)
"The SEC and Your Pre-IPO Venture Capital Financing, Venture Capital Journal (April 2000)
Texas Limited Partnerships, Texas Transaction Guide (Matthew Bender and Company)
Texas General Partnerships, Texas Transaction Guide (Matthew Bender and Company)
BRIEFINGS, SEMINARS & SPEECHES
Speaker
"Mergers and Acquisitions," SEC Hot Topics Institute (2006)
"Securities Act Reform Rules," SEC Hot Topics Institute (2005)
"Securities Act Reform Rules," University of Houston Law Center Conference on "Advising Mid-Sized Businesses" (2005)
Private Placements and Disclosure Requirements, University of Houston Law Center Conference on Advising Small Businesses and Start Ups (2004)
"Structures for Management Equity Incentives," Conference on Venture Capital, Private Equity and Mezzanine Debt (2004)
"Acquiring the Troubled Company," University of Houston Law Center Conference on Advising Small Businesses and Start Ups" (2003)
Private Placements and Disclosure Requirements, University of Houston Law Center Conference on Advising Small Businesses and Start Ups (2002)
"Acquiring the Troubled Company," University of Houston Law Center Conference on Advising Small Businesses and Start Ups" (2002)
"Acquiring the Troubled Company," University of Houston Law Center Conference on Representing Businesses in the New Economy" (2001)
Private Placements, University of Houston Law Center Conference on Representing Start-Ups and New Companies (2000)
"Mapping the Best Exit Strategy: The Great Escape," Conference on Buying, Selling and Financing Internet Companies, New York, NY (November 2000)
"Letters of Intent," PriceWaterhouseCoopers General Counsel Forum (2000)
PROFESSIONAL / CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
Board of Directors of Gilda’s Club of North Texas
Member of Advisory Board - University of Houston Law Center conferences on a variety of business topics (2001-2006)
Delegate- City of Dallas Trade Mission to Shenzhen China (2004)
Honorary Co-Chair - Attorneys Serving the Community (2003)
Former Member of the Board of Directors of Sage Energy Company (American Stock Exchange)
Securities and Exchange Commission Observer Program (1984)
Dallas Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar
State Bar of Texas
American Bar Association | 