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Mr Mark W. Brennan

Work Department
Global Regulatory
Position
Partner
Career
Mark W. Brennan is Hogan Lovells’ global Lead Innovation Partner, responsible for championing innovation in client service, new products, and legal innovation across the firm’s global business. He has a truly unique global regulatory and policy practice that makes him a valuable resource for clients across industry sectors.
Mark is a respected voice on privacy and communications matters and advises clients on artificial intelligence, biometric data/facial recognition, Internet of Things/connected devices, telecommunications networking, cloud computing, calling/texting laws, and other technology and consumer protection matters. He works with global Internet and technology companies and household name clients in the financial, healthcare, pharmaceutical, advertising, and automotive sectors. He is as comfortable assisting clients on FCC and Federal Trade Commission policy and enforcement as he is providing thoughtful, actionable compliance strategies to business teams. Mark receives dozens of requests each year to share his insights on telecoms, privacy, and consumer protection issues at industry conferences and is most well-known for obtaining significant victories for clients on privacy and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) issues.
Mark is also a member of our U.S. national diversity committee and a co-chair of our global Pride+ LGBT+ ally network, and he was formerly the head of our U.S. LGBT+ affinity group.
Memberships
Executive Leadership Team, Lawyers Have Heart D.C.
Past Board Member, Sitar Arts Center
Past Board Member, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals
Past Board Member, National LGBT Bar Association
Past co-chair, Consumer Protection Committee, Federal Communications Bar Association
Past chair, Charity Auction Committee, Federal Communications Bar Association
Past co-chair, Social Media, Membership & Marketing Committee, Federal Communications Bar Association
Past co-chair, Transactional Practice Committee, Federal Communications Bar Association
Past co-chair, Mobile Payments Committee, Federal Communications Bar Association
Past co-chair, Young Lawyers Committee, Federal Communications Bar Association
Past executive committee Member, Federal Communications Bar Association
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2005; B.S., University of Florida, summa cum laude, 2002
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Financial services regulation