Mark’s structured finance and derivatives practice covers the full spectrum of structured finance and derivative arrangements, including collateralised loan obligations (CLOs), significant risk transfers (SRTs), risk retention structures, warehouse financing, repackagings, exchange traded products (ETPs), fund financings, derivatives in all their varieties, and balance sheet issuances.

His financial market infrastructure practice includes advising financial institutions and clearing houses on a wide range of matters, including derivatives clearing, and payments.

In addition, Mark supports clients in the fintech space, advising them on crypto-assets, derivatives over crypto-assets, stable coins, central bank-backed arrangements, crypto-asset-based collateral platforms, and a wide variety of other innovative and exploratory projects.

Mark joined Reed Smith from Linklaters, where he worked between 2004 and 2023 in its London and New York offices.