Mark is a senior transactional partner, who serves as Global Chair of Reed Smith's Private Equity Group. He is an elected member of the Firm’s Executive Committee and a member of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee Advisory Board. He specializes in the areas of private equity, mergers and acquisitions and fund formation.
Credenciales
Premios y reconocimientos
- 2020-2022 Legal 500 USA, Private Equity Buyouts - Recognized as an active dealmaker and co-team leader of Reed Smith’s “highly experienced” private equity group.
- 2022 Super Lawyers - (2011, 2014-2019, 2022) Selected for inclusion in the New York Metro Super Lawyers list for Mergers & Acquisitions.
- 2017 - BTI Client Service All-Star, Mergers & Acquisitions. The BTI Client Service All-Stars list is issued by BTI Consulting.
- 2015 - Chambers NY – M&A / Corporate. Recognized as a “Noted Practitioner.” Chambers USA is issued by Chambers & Partners.
In The News
- 30 January 2023 “Reed Smith represents Leeds Equity Partners and portfolio company Exterro on acquisition of Zapproved”
- 5 January 2023 “Reed Smith advises Leeds Equity Partners on acquisition of e.Republic platform”
- 1 December 2022 “Reed Smith represents Leeds Equity Partners’ Exterro Inc. in $1B+ recapitalization”
- 22 September 2021 “Reed Smith NY PE Team Closes Archive360 Platform Acquisition for Leeds Equity Partners”
- 21 September 2021 “New York-based PE team represents GHO Capital Partners portfolio company Velocity Clinical Research in its add-on acquisition of NRI Clinical Research”
- 24 June 2021 “Reed Smith represents Leeds Equity Partners in ins platform acquisition of software company Genius SIS”
- 10 June 2021 “Reed Smith’s industry specific strengths highlighted in Legal 500 USA rankings”
- 17 July 2020 “Reed Smith hosts inaugural life sciences deal making virtual roundtable with key industry deal makers”
- 8 July 2020 “Reed Smith represents EW Healthcare Partners in $90 million POP investment in MiMedx Group, Inc. (MDXG: OTC US)"
- 29 June 2020 “Reed Smith shows wide ranging influence in Legal 500 USA rankings”
- 14 May 2020 “Reed Smith advises GHO Capital and Fair Journey Biologics on the Combination of FairJourney Biologics with Iontas Limited"
- 13 May 2020 "Reed Smith represents Venue Concept Inc. (NASDAQ: VERO) on $22.25 Million equity financing"
- 12 February 2020 "Reed Smith Advises GHO Capital on its investment in FairJourney Biologics"
- 15 November 2019 "Reed Smith advises Venus Concept Ltd in Merger with Restoration Robotics"
- 14 November 2019 “EW Healthcare Partners’ Investment in Cognate BioServices” Global Legal Chronicle
- 7 November 2019 “Venus Concept Completes Merger With Restoration Robotics and Combined Company Raises $28 Million in Private Placement” Globe Newswire
- 12 June 2019 “Leeds-backed Exterro buys Jordan Lawrence Group” PE HUB
- 15 March 2019 "Restoration Robotics and Venus Concept Announce Merger to Create a Leading Global Medical Aesthetics Company" Globe Newswire
Representative Clients
Private Funds
- AEA Investors
- Blackstone Group
- CITIC Group
- Coller Capital
- California Technology Ventures
- EW Healthcare Partners
- GFH Financial Group
- GHO Capital
- Gulf Islamic Investments
- Investcorp International
- Leeds Equity Partners
- Marathon Asset Management
- Nakheel PJSC
- Neo Capital
- Niya Partners
- Rakiza Infrastructure Fund
- Saigon Asset Management
- SEDCO Capital
- Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
- American Express
- BlackRock
- Bosonic
- JPMorgan Chase
- MUFG Bank
- Sumitomo Corporation of America
- US Trust
Life Sciences and Healthcare
- Bioventus
- Centessa Pharmaceuticals
- DJO Global
- FairJourney Biologics
- MiMedx Group
- Velocity Clinical Research
- Venus Concept