Ropes & Gray LLP

Intellectual Property Transactions

Partner

Mark is an IP transactions attorney and advises a wide range of companies, investors and institutions concerning all manner of transactions involving technology and intellectual property, including: research, development and commercialization collaborations; licensing; joint ventures; mergers and acquisitions; information technology and business process outsourcing; technology transfers; supply, distribution and co-promotion relationships; and other strategic commercial transactions.

Mark has extensive experience advising companies in the life sciences, high-technology, health care, private equity, financial services, investment management, and branded product industries with respect to technology and intellectual property-driven transactions. He also provides clients with strategic advice regarding the creation and management of intellectual property assets, as well as day-to-day commercial and corporate matters. Mark is a patent attorney registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and has experience prosecuting patent applications relating to software, electromechanical devices and consumer goods.

Mark has served as in-house counsel for one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. Prior to attending law school, Mark served as a cavalry officer and scout platoon leader in the United States Army. 

Licensing Executives Society American Intellectual Property Law Association American Bar Association Massachusetts Bar Association Boston Bar Association

JD, magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, 2000 BS (Electrical Engineering), Distinguished Cadet, United States Military Academy at West Point, 1994; Phi Kappa Phi; Eta Kappa Nu