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Mark B. Stein

Partner

mark.stein@morganlewis.com

Boston Phone +1.617.341.7757 Fax +1.617.341.7701

One Federal St.//Boston, MA 02110-1726//United States

Mark B. Stein provides comprehensive legal services to private equity and venture capital funds, with a substantial number of transactions in the healthcare, life sciences, technology, and financial services technology space. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity, and venture capital transactions, as well as the general corporate representation of a variety of operating companies. Mark, who is recommended by The Legal 500, is a frequent speaker on emerging company topics. Mark co-leads the healthcare industry initiative.

His background includes counseling institutional investors on portfolio investment and buy-out transactions and investments in private equity funds, as well as carve-outs, divestitures and asset acquisitions. Mark serves as outside general counsel to companies across a range of industries, including information technology, software, life sciences, healthcare, financial services technology, consumer products, and e-commerce. Clients also turn to him for assistance with a variety of commercial matters, from distribution and licensing agreements to joint ventures and financial transactions.

Active on the boards of several nonprofits, Mark currently serves on the board of directors of Jewish Vocational Services of Boston. He advises the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network and the Barris Incubator at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Before entering private practice, Mark worked in government service. He held the positions of deputy executive director and acting executive director of the Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment. He also served as legislative assistant to a US senator from New Hampshire and worked as a Foreign Service officer with the US Department of State, where he served in the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs and at the US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. 

Mark is proficient in Turkish, French, and Russian.

selected representations

  • CRA Health, LLC, a breast cancer risk assessment company spinoff from Massachusetts General Hospital, in its sale valued up to $22 million, to Volpra Health.  Buyer is Volpara Health Technologies Limited. We represented the selling stockholders of CRA. Stock deal. Cash consideration. Only deal attribute was an earn-out. Base price was $18 million, $4 million earn-out.
  • AcadiaSoft Inc. in its acquisition of Quaternion (Ireland), a capital markets consulting and software company. Stock deal, Cash consideration. We represented Acadiasoft as Buyer. Only deal attribute was earn-out. $7.5 million base purchase price plus $12.5 million earn-out.
  • CarGurus in its acquisition of PistonHeads, a UK automotive website
  • Artemis Capital Partners in its acquisition of Superior Technical Ceramics, an innovator in advanced ceramic technologies
  • AcadiaSoft, a provider of margin automation solutions for counterparties engaged in collateral management in the worldwide derivatives industry, in its sale of minority interest to London Stock Exchange
  • Schweiger Dermatology Group, a dermatology and cosmetic surgery practice, in its $100 million investment by LNK Partners
  • Vets First Choice, a provider of technology-enabled health care services with a sole focus on animal health, in its merger with the Animal Health division of Henry Schein to form Covetrus
  • Bullhorn in its acquisition of Talent Rover, recruitment software built on the Salesforce platform
  • Bullhorn in its acquisition of Jobscience, a provider of recruitment software built on the Salesforce platform
  • Maestro Health, an employee health and benefits solution provider, in its sale to AXA Group

Awards and Affiliations

Highly Regarded – State, IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate (2021)

Recommended, Media, technology and telecoms: Fintech, The Legal 500 US (2020)

Recommended, M&A/corporate and commercial: Private equity buyouts, The Legal 500 US (2019)

Named, Modern Healthcare’s “Largest Healthcare Firm” (2016–2020)

Chairman, Jewish Vocational Services (Boston)

Ranked, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2010–2011, 2014–2015)

Recommended, The Legal 500 (2009–2014)

Life Sciences Star, Financial and Corporate, LMG Life Sciences, (2013–2020)

Admissions

  • Massachusetts

Education

  • Harvard Law School, 1992, J.D., magna cum laude
  • Dartmouth College, 1984, A.B., magna cum laude

Sectors

  • Healthcare
  • Fintech
  • Digital Health
  • Digital Banking

Services

  • Mergers Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Healthcare Transactions

Regions

  • North America

Trending Topics

  • Our Thinking on Healthcare

Events

10/1/2020 - The 2020 Nantucket Conference

5/28/2020 - Effect of COVID-19 on the Fintech Sector

10/3/2018 - Mass Tech Leadership Awards Gala

News

1/16/2020 - Morgan Lewis Advises Covetrus on Sale of Animal Care Business

9/12/2019 - Morgan Lewis Represents Greenbrook TMS in Acquisition of Achieve TMS

9/6/2019 - Morgan Lewis Represents OptimizeRx Corp. in Acquisition of RMDY Health

2/21/2019 - Morgan Lewis Launches Health Law Scan: Insights and Perspectives on the Healthcare Sector

2/11/2019 - Morgan Lewis Represents Vets First Choice in Merger with Henry Schein

12/6/2018 - Morgan Lewis Advises CarGurus on Acquisition of Motoring Website from Haymarket Media Group

4/24/2018 - Morgan Lewis Represents Vets First Choice in Henry Schein, Inc. Animal Health Business Merger

3/15/2018 - Morgan Lewis Advises Bullhorn in Acquisitions of Talent Rover and Jobscience

7/19/2017 - Morgan Lewis Advises Vets First Choice in $223 Million Investment

6/15/2017 - Morgan Lewis Advises Jewish Vocational Service in Creation of Pay for Success Initiative

10/15/2015 - Morgan Lewis Life Sciences Capabilities Recognized in 2015 LMG Life Sciences Guides

5/1/2015 - Morgan Lewis Looks to Make Name for Itself in Boston, Boston Business Journal

9/29/2014 - LMG Life Sciences Praises Morgan Lewis’s Life Sciences Capabilities

9/24/2014 - Morgan Lewis Advises Maestro Healthcare Technology in Acquisition of Leading Private Exchange Platform

5/14/2014 - Morgan Lewis Advises Gemini on Investment in KP Corporation

5/8/2014 - Morgan Lewis Advises ExamSoft Management and Gemini Investors on Sale to Spectrum Equity

10/3/2013 - Morgan Lewis Receives 2013 LMG Life Sciences Awards

1/28/2013 - Morgan Lewis Strengthens Business and Finance Practice in Boston with Private Equity Transactions Partner

Publications

11/7/2019 - HLTH Conference Highlights Industry’s Pace of Innovation