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M&A - lower mid-market deals, £50m-£500m

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Mark is the head of our market-leading inward investment practice, which advises tech and life sciences companies on international expansion and M&A. He is also the founding partner of our Silicon Valley representative office. Mark sits on Taylor Wessing's executive board as head of clients and innovation and strives to ensure we are the most sector-focused and client-centric law firm in the world.

Mark has been with Taylor Wessing since 1999, and now leads a team which acts for many of North America's best-known technology and life sciences companies, including approximately a quarter of US-based unicorns. He is a specialist in cross-border and domestic M&A as well as tax-driven restructurings. Mark can guide clients looking to establish themselves, often for the first time, in Europe and Asia and often acts as an outsourced GC as they grow and expand. His team helps between 50 and 75 venture-backed US and Canadian corporations set up in Europe each year. Between 2014 and 2018, Mark founded and managed our Silicon Valley representative office. He returned to London in 2018.

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Over the past 10 years, we've built a trusted legal team in San Francisco, focused on technology, media and communciation, life sciences and healthcare, real estate, private wealth, and private equity. Supported by colleagues in the UK and Europe, we also offer deep expertise in M&A, international growth, commercial deals, and data privacy.

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CV

1999 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2014 - 2018 Founding partner, Taylor Wessing's Silicon Valley representative office
Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales 1999
College of Law, Distinction 1997

Career

1999 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2014 - 2018 Founding partner, Taylor Wessing's Silicon Valley representative office

Education

Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales 1999
College of Law, Distinction 1997

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Awards

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M&A - lower mid-market deals, £50m-£500m

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Advising Hims & Hers, USA on the acquisition of European telemedicine provider Zava

Advising and coordinating a comprehensive transaction team across five jurisdictions relating to the acquisition of the Zava Group including complex legal issues

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Advising Mitel on its transaction to acquire Unify from Atos

We have advised Mitel, a global leader in business communications, on its transaction to acquire Unify, the Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) and Communication and Collaboration Services businesses (CCS) of the Atos group.

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Corcentric acquires SaaS platform

Corcentric, a fast-growing provider of procurement and financial process automation solutions, on its USD32m acquisition of Determine, Inc, a global SaaS solutions provider in Source to Pay and Enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management.

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Shared economy corporation(s)

Advising various emerging US companies on investment into Europe including incorporation.

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Payment services corporations

Various emerging US companies on investment.

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Portfolio management and accounting / fintech

Advising on multiple acquisitions and expansion projects.

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