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United States of America
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Mary K. Marks is a special counsel in the New York office, where she practices in the areas of antitrust and competition counseling, with a focus on complying with and obtaining clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and global merger control and foreign investment laws for U.S. and multinational acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. Mary advises transaction parties with respect to permissible pre-clearance and pre-closing activities. She also counsels clients regarding coordination and information sharing activities, and has been invited to participate in FTC discussions regarding HSR practice issues.
Selected Representations
Mary represents investment funds and corporate clients in transactions involving, among other sectors, telecommunications, food services, insurance, financial services, pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper goods, forests, supermarkets, automobile and auto component manufacturers, housewares, real estate and computer software.
Selected Publications
“Agency Merger Enforcement in Non-Reportable Transactions,” The Antitrust Source, February 2010
“Lubrizol Settles FTC Challenge to Consummated Transaction,” SRZ Client Alert, March 2, 2009
“FTC Announces Revised HSR Act Thresholds,” SRZ Client Alert, Jan. 9, 2009
“FTC Announces Settlement for HSR Violations,” SRZ Client Alert, Dec. 18, 2008
“Private Equity Funds Successfully Compete With Strategic Buyers,” SRZ Private Equity Developments, Winter 2007 (co-author)
“HSR Act and Gun Jumping: Guidelines for Compliance,” SRZ Private Equity Developments, Summer 2006 (co-author)
“Antitrust Reporting under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act,” SRZ Activist Investing Developments, Summer 2006 (co-author)
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Selected Speaking Engagements
Moderator, ABA Antitrust Section, Committee Program on American Needle Amici: Sports Leagues and Their Players - Reaction to the Supreme Court's Decision, June 2010
Moderator, ABA Antitrust Section, Committee Program on American Needle Amici: Sports Leagues and Their Players, December 2009
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Memberships
American Bar Association
Other Distinctions
Vice-chair, ABA Antitrust Section's Pricing Conduct Committee
Bar Admissions
Education
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Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1993
- Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics
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University of Notre Dame, B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1990
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