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Practice Expertise
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Corporate Finance-NEW
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate
Areas of Practice
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Corporate
- Corporate Finance-NEW
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Governance and Board Advisory
- Hospitality
- Hotel REITs
- Lodging/Resorts REITs (Hotel REITs)
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Mortgage REITs
- Real Estate Capital Markets
- Real Estate Investment and Finance View More
Profile
Mark’s practice focuses on capital markets and related corporate and securities matters, primarily for real estate investment trusts (REITs), both public and private, advising executive officers, directors and trustees. Mark advises executives and board members of public and private REITs on a broad range of capital markets, securities, corporate governance and SEC compliance matters. Mark’s clients have been involved in REITs across a wide range of asset classes, including lodging, single-family rental, retail, office, manufactured homes and industrial. Mark has represented both issuers and underwriters in numerous capital markets transactions, whether IPOs, follow-on offerings, or 144A offerings and other private placements. Mark has also represented both acquirors and targets in mergers and acquisitions.
Every year since 2008, Mark has dedicated over 100 hours of pro bono legal services to indigent individuals and not-for-profit entities.
Prior to practicing law, Mark led large process-reinvention projects at Capital One Financial Corporation (Director/VP), developed strategies for Fortune 500 clients at The Boston Consulting Group (Consultant) and advised Fortune 500 companies at Goldman Sachs & Co. (Financial Analyst).
Bar Admissions
Education
JD, Yale Law School, Senior Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1996
AB, Economics, Duke University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1990
Areas of Practice
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Corporate
- Corporate Finance-NEW
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Governance and Board Advisory
- Hospitality
- Hotel REITs
- Lodging/Resorts REITs (Hotel REITs)
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Mortgage REITs
- Real Estate Capital Markets
- Real Estate Investment and Finance
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Professional Associations
Professional Activities and Experience
- Represented leading national and international investment banking firms in initial and follow-on public offerings for REITs.
- Represented REITs in initial and follow-on offerings of equity securities.
- Advised public companies with respect to corporate governance initiatives under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as well as securities law reporting compliance and other general corporate matters.
- Represented issuers of trust preferred securities (TruPS) in tender offers, repurchases and exchanges of their TruPS.
Professional Associations
- Member, Richmond Bar Association
- Treasurer (2011 to 2015) and Member (2009 to date) of Board of Directors, Richmond Symphony Orchestra
Professional Activities and Experience
- E. Randolph Williams Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service, 2009-2016
Articles
- Pay Versus Performance Proxy Disclosure: Takeaways From Major Players In Three REIT Sectors, Real Estate Finance Journal
- Real Estate Capital Markets Newsletter – Fall 2023
- Real Estate Capital Markets – 2022 Year in Review
- Real Estate Capital Markets – 2021 Year in Review
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