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Mark Early

214.220.7895 mearly@velaw.com

Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity

Position

Partner

Career

Mark Early is a highly experienced transactional lawyer who advises on private company mergers and acquisitions and capital-raising transactions, including fund formation. In addition, Mark advises companies and boards of directors on such matters as corporate governance and fiduciary obligations.

His clients include private equity funds and their portfolio companies, fund investors and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).

In a career spanning over three decades, Mark has advised on a wide range of transactions from billion-dollar deals to smaller transactions, across industry sectors. Practical in his approach, he is known for his ability to identify and resolve key issues.

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Government > Government relations
• Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
• Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Energy > Renewable/alternative power
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism

Firm Rankings

• Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
• Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Government > Government contracts
• Finance > Project finance
• Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Antitrust > Cartel
• Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
• Environment > Environment: litigation
• Environment > Environment: regulatory
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Tax > International tax
• Antitrust > Merger control
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
• Dispute resolution > International arbitration
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Real estate > Real estate
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Industry focus > Sport
• Tax > US taxes: contentious
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Finance > Commercial lending
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Real estate > Land use/zoning