V-CARDMark is a Shareholder in the Corporate & Tax Group who concentrates his practice on securities and corporate law, including counseling clients in connection with public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, securities compliance, corporate governance and other general corporate matters.
Prior to joining Hill Ward Henderson, Mark practiced in the New York office of a national law firm and was a member of the staff of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. Through his experience in New York and Tampa, Mark has represented major and boutique investment banks, large to small cap public companies, private equity and state pension funds, venture capital funds and emerging growth companies in an array of corporate transactions and securities matters. These include multi-million to multi-billion dollar acquisitions of public and private companies, going private transactions, initial public offerings, traditional preferred stock financings and day-to-day securities matters.
Mark is an active member of the American Bar Association's Committees on Federal Regulation of Securities, Venture Capital and Private Equity and Negotiated Acquisitions.
Mark is also active in the community, serving as a member of the Board of Governors of Prevent Blindness Florida and the Board of Directors of the Hillsborough Head Start Community Foundation. Away from the office, Mark enjoys spending time with his wife and three children.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Securities and Corporate Governance
Law School: American University, Washington
College of Law, summa cum laude, 1996 (J.D.)
New York State Courts
Federal District Court for the Southern
District of New York
Vice Chair, ABA Private Equity & Venture
Capital Committee
Hillsborough County Bar Association
- Editor, Preferred Returns (Newsletter of the ABA Private Equity & Venture Capital Committee)
- Issue Team Leader, ABA 2007 Private Target M&A Deal Points Study
- Author, “SEC Executive Compensation Rules Pass Timely Milestone,” Tampa Bay Business Journal (April 2006)
- Contributor, American Bar Association’s publication “The M&A Process, A Practical Guide for the Business Lawyer” (2005)