Experience

Mark is a partner in the Boulder office and chairs the firm’s Emerging Technology and Venture Finance practice group. Mark serves as strategic counsel to emerging technology businesses, typically in the software, hardware, CleanTech, Internet and biotech areas with a focus on corporate finance, business operations, strategic planning, and merger and acquisition transactions. Mark also represents venture capital funds and angel investor groups in fund formation and portfolio company investments.

At ease with the special needs of emerging to large companies alike, Mark’s creativity, accessibility and personable approach are the mainstays to his commitment to building long-term client relationships.

Mark guides entrepreneurs through issues arising throughout a company’s life cycle, such as capital structure and early-stage angel and venture financing. As a surrogate "in-house counsel," Mark works with clients on board of directors, shareholder and other corporate matters and company operations. Mark typically advises maturing businesses on later-stage financing, capital restructuring, strategic alliances and merger and acquisitions.

Mark speaks frequently to professional and business groups on venture financing, securities laws, mergers and acquisitions, and entity structures.

Professional & Community Affiliations

Rockies Venture Club, Board of Directors, 2008-present; Chair, Colorado Capital Conference, 2009-2010

Boulder Software Club, Board of Directors, 2006-2009

Esprit Entrepreneur Chair, 2007; Vice Chair, 2006

Hedge Funds Care 2006-present; Denver Event Steering Committee

Whitworth College Board of Trustees, Academic Affairs Committee Alumni

Representative, 2001-present

Leadership Tomorrow (Seattle), Class of 2000

Boston University International Law Journal, Managing Editor, 1986-1987

International Rotary Fellow, 1981-1982 (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)

“AV” Peer Ratings by Martindale-Hubbell

Recent Presentations

Panel Member – Venture Financing Terms: The Impact of the Capital Markets Downturn, Denver Software Club (September 2009)

Panel Moderator - Trends in Colorado Venture Financing, Colorado Capital Conference (May 2009)

Panel Moderator - Recent Success Stories for Raising Venture Capital, Rockies Venture Club, Denver Colorado (August 2008)

Legal Compliance for Investment Manager Marketing and Advertising, National Association of Active Investment Managers, Irvine, California (May 2008)

Panel Moderator – Raising a Private Equity Fund, Private Equity CLE, Denver (September 2007)

Knowing the Rules of Venture Financing, Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance CLE, Denver (September 2007)

Recent Publications

“President Obama’s Regulatory Reform Proposal Targets All Private Investment Funds,” June 2009

“Registration of Private Investment Funds Under the Proposed Hedge Fund Transparency Act,” February 2009

New ERISA Plan Asset Rules-ERISA Fiduciary Standards for Private Investment Funds, August 2006

The SEC’s New Soft Dollar Rules:  Full and Candid Disclosure is Still the Safest Bet, July 2006

Goldstein v. S.E.C. – How the SEC Tried and Failed to Conquer Gotham City, June 2006