Mark is dual qualified in England and Wales and Hong Kong, and is a Partner in Mishcon de Reya LLP and Mishcon de Reya LLP (Hong Kong).
Mark has a broad commercial contentious and non-contentious practice across a wide range of industry sectors, and is one of the leading lawyers practising in the area of professional negligence.
Whilst practising in London, Mark acted for AssetCo PLC in its groundbreaking auditor's negligence claim against Grant Thornton, and subsequently for the liquidators of Patisserie Valerie in their claims against Grant Thornton, Watchstone PLC in its claims against KPMG, and the Joint Administrators of London & Capital Finance Plc in their claims against EY and PwC. Since moving to Hong Kong, he has been instructed on some of the largest auditors' negligence claims in the region, with claim values in excess of US$10 billion.
Mark also has extensive experience in the hospitality, shipping, shipbuilding, offshore, aviation, oil and gas, energy, banking and financial services sectors, and is the author of Bareboat Charters and Refund Guarantees, published as part of Lloyd's Shipping Law Library.
Mark is widely recognised as a leading litigation lawyer, having led successful teams on numerous cases, and conducted or overseen litigation and arbitration proceedings in many jurisdictions worldwide including Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Gibraltar, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan and the USA.