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Mark Whitaker

+1 703-773-4183 mark.whitaker@dlapiper.com View profile

Work Department

Finance; Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Media, Sport and Entertainment

Position

Partner; Co-Chair, Entertainment Transactions Practice; Co-Chair, Entertainment Finance Practice

Career

Mark Whitaker has extensive experience in the sports industry, having represented clients in various capacities in financing, corporate, development and commercial matters.

Memberships

National Association of Bond Lawyers; New York State Economic Development Council; Council of Development Finance Agencies

Education

J.D., Yale Law School; A.B., Duke University

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
• Tax > International tax
• Real estate > Land use/zoning
• Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
• Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
• Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
• Real estate > Real estate
• Government > State attorneys general
• Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
• Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions

Firm Rankings

• Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
• Industry focus > Cannabis
• Antitrust > Cartel
• Dispute resolution > E-discovery
• Tax > Financial products
• Finance > Fintech
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Energy > Renewable/alternative power
• Finance > Structured finance: securitization
• Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• Tax > US taxes: contentious
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
• Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
• Insurance > Advice to insurers
• Intellectual property > Copyright
• Environment > Environment: regulatory
• Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
• Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
• Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
• Healthcare > Life sciences
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Environment > Environment: litigation
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• Dispute resolution > International arbitration
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
• Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Healthcare > Service providers
• Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Finance > Project finance
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense