Mark has deep and diverse experience across industries, including in:
Technology, AI, and Digital Infrastructure. Mark has advised on high-stakes technology transactions for a wide range of clients, including OpenAI, Broadcom, Character.AI, World Labs, Twelve Labs, ASML, Intel, Dolby, LiveRamp, Lumus, Adeia, AT&T, DISH, Recruit Holdings, and emerging companies and leading venture capital firms. He has advised clients on strategic transactions involving many of the world’s leading technology platforms and infrastructure providers, including Microsoft/Azure, Amazon/AWS, AMD, Apple, Google/GCP, Oracle, CoreWeave, Cerebras, SoftBank Group, and other major technology counterparties.
Mark’s representative technology and AI matters include advising OpenAI in its landmark partnership and subsequent strategic transactions with Microsoft, AMD, AWS, Google Cloud, CoreWeave, Oracle, SB Energy, Cerebras, Amazon, and SoftBank Group; Broadcom in strategic AI compute initiatives involving Anthropic and Google; Character.AI and World Labs in strategic compute partnerships with Google Cloud; and Twelve Labs in strategic commercial transactions with AWS as part of its Bedrock engagement. He has also advised ASML in its worldwide patent cross-license with Nikon, settling 88 pending patent cases; Intel in its sale of its smartphone 5G modem business and associated cellular patents to Apple; Broadcom in its license of rights to its Wireless IoT Connectivity Business to Synaptics; Dolby Laboratories in commercial and IP transactions; L3Harris in its acquisition of Viasat’s tactical data links business for $1.96 billion and its sale of its military training business to CAE for $1.05 billion; Lumus Technologies in IP and commercial transactions involving augmented reality optics; and Adeia in patent transactions.
AI Governance, Privacy, and Cybersecurity. Mark regularly advises clients across industries on AI adoption, deployment, implementation, and governance, including issues involving data rights, model deployment, vendor risk, open source, IP ownership and infringement risk, privacy, cybersecurity, and enterprise technology controls.
Technology, Media, and Telecom. Mark has advised clients on major transactions across technology, media and telecom, including RedBird Capital in the IP aspects of the more than $8 billion Paramount and National Amusements transaction; LiveRamp in IP matters relating to its $2.6 billion acquisition by Publicis; AT&T in its spin-outs of DirecTV, WarnerMedia and Vrio, DISH in its acquisition of EchoStar’s Broadcast Satellite Business and technology supplier agreements for the build-out of its 5G network infrastructure; Recruit Holdings in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Glassdoor; and Wasserman in its acquisitions of Brillstein Entertainment Partners and CSM Sport and Entertainment Holdings.
Healthcare and Life Sciences. Mark has advised leading life sciences and healthcare companies on strategic transactions involving pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics, and other regulated technologies, including Baxter International in its $12.4 billion acquisition of Hill-Rom; Kite Pharma in its $11.9 billion acquisition by Gilead Sciences; Verily Life Sciences in its joint venture with Santen Pharmaceutical to develop and commercialize ophthalmological diagnostics and therapies; Biohaven Pharmaceuticals in corporate and commercial matters; Apple Tree Partners in its sale of Syntimmune to Alexion Pharmaceuticals; and a consortium of Yunfeng Capital and Hybio Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of Arbor Pharmaceuticals.
Consumer, Industrial, Financial Services, and Other Sectors. Mark has advised clients across consumer, industrial, financial services, defense, and other sectors on transactions involving technology, data, brands, and intellectual property. Representative matters include American Express in its $400 million acquisition of Tock from Squarespace and its acquisition of Kabbage; Fiserv in its acquisition of First Data; VeriFone in its $3.4 billion acquisition by Francisco Partners; Sotheby’s in its $3.7 billion acquisition by BidFair; AB InBev in the IPO of Budweiser Brewing Company APAC and in its joint venture with Jebsen Brewing relating to Blue Girl Beer; Nippon Steel in its strategic alliance with ArcelorMittal; Watlow in its acquisition of Eurotherm from Schneider Electric; and Weir Group in its $1.2 billion acquisition of ESCO.
