Mark B. Stein provides comprehensive legal services to private equity and venture capital funds with a significant number of transactions in healthcare, life sciences, technology and financial services. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity and venture capital transactions as well as the general representation of a large number of operating companies. Mark recommended by The Legal 500 is a frequent speaker on emerging business issues. Mark is co-leader of the company`s healthcare team. Gebauer Stein Rechtsanwälte Avocats PartGmbB was created in 2015 from the merger of the two partners Ralf Gebauer (Hamburg) and Oliver Stein (Strasbourg). At that time, the two German lawyers already had many years of experience advising German- and German-speaking clients in French law as well as in French and French-speaking clients in German law, the majority of their previous work consisting of advising foreign clients in French law. With its current team of four people, the firm focuses primarily on advising in the areas of commercial and customs law, corporate law as well as tax and insurance law. 99% of clients have an international dimension: international law is therefore the daily life of the firm. Recommended, Media, Technology and Telecommunications: Fintech, The Legal 500 US (2020, 2021) Mark serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations and currently serves on the board of directors of Jewish Vocational Services of Boston.
He advises the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network and the Barris Incubator at Dartmouth`s Tuck School of Business. After studying law in Germany and France, Oliver founded his own law firm in Strasbourg in 2003. From the beginning, he focused on advising on French German tax and corporate law. Due to cases in the field of VAT on the importation of goods into the EU, he then supplemented his practice with customs legislation. Oliver is admitted to the bar in Germany and France and regularly represents his clients before the German and French tax and customs authorities as well as before the courts of both countries. Recommended, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts, The Legal 500 US (2019) Highly Reputable – State, IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate (2021, 2022) His experience includes advising institutional investors on portfolio and buyout transactions and private equity fund investments as well as carve-outs, divestitures and asset acquisitions. Mark acts as external general counsel for companies in a variety of industries, including information technology, software, life sciences, healthcare, financial services technology, consumer products and e-commerce. Clients also turn to him for assistance in various business matters, ranging from distribution and licensing agreements to joint ventures and financial transactions. Mark is fluent in Turkish, French and Russian. Ranked, USA: FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing, Chambers FinTech (2022) Award, Modern Healthcare`s “Largest Healthcare Firm” (2016-2021) The firm`s international focus goes hand in hand with its international network. In this regard, joining IR Global is another important step in Gebauer Stein`s development. Prior to entering private practice, Mark worked in the public service.
He served as Deputy Executive Director and Acting Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bureau of International Trade and Investment. He also served as an assistant to a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire and worked as a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Department of State, where he worked in the Bureau of Middle East and South Asian Affairs and the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Classified, Chambers USA: America`s Leading Lawyers for Business (2010–2011, 2014–2015) Larry Stein retired on December 31, 2021. As former Global Chairman of Latham & Watkins` Tax Department from 2000 to 2011, he advised private equity firms, private and public companies and financial institutions on transactional tax matters related to mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, offerings and partnerships. In addition to advising and representing corporate clients, a growing part of his clientele is made up of families, whom he accompanies and advises in the management and transmission of their private and commercial wealth, including real estate, from one generation to the next. Oliver`s customers no longer come only from Germany and France, but also to a large extent from Switzerland and Great Britain.
Commercial and customs law and advice on crypto and digital assets in France Life Sciences Star, Finance and Corporate Law, LMG Life Sciences, (2013-2022).