Mark counsels food and agribusiness clients on antitrust and competition issues, helping them mitigate risk in an increasingly complex business and regulatory environment.
Mark brings more than three decades of experience to complex antitrust matters, with deep insight as to how the government analyzes acquisitions, joint ventures, exclusionary practices and trade association activities at both the state and federal level. Clients trust Mark’s decade of experience at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division, as a senior policymaker and litigator helping to guide State Attorneys General relations, agriculture enforcement and public advocacy, and his work leading enforcement efforts across all industries at the Texas Attorney General’s Antitrust Division. Drawing on expertise gleaned from the year-long series of agricultural competition workshops he helped organize at DOJ, Mark has worked with agricultural producers and processors regarding regulation and rulemaking for cattle, poultry and dairy as well as chemicals, seeds and agricultural biotechnology. He also has significant antitrust experience in the healthcare, financial services and technology industries.
