Mark Conlon

• Coordinated due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures for HPE.
• Conducted due diligence and counseled clients regarding legal, financial, and governance risks of venture capital investments for HPE Pathfinder.
• Drafted, negotiated, and managed bankruptcy claims (creditor) for HPE and Hewlett Packard Financial Services.
• Assisted securities and governance team in researching, benchmarking, and drafting SEC regulatory forms and disclosures.
• Directly supported the H3C China joint venture from both the commercial and governance sides. Including: board & shareholder resolutions, renegotiated commercial agreements, disputes, and all legal facets of the international Joint Venture.
• Drafted, edited, and negotiated NDAs, PSAs, MSAs, SPAs, SAFEs, Convertible Notes, and all related financial and ancillary transaction agreements.

President 4/2020 - 5/2021

• Appointed Directors and managed the organization to allow for the continuance of operations through the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Transitioned the historically in-person society into a virtual organization that brought together over 100 UT law students with law firms and their representatives throughout the state of Texas.
• Created a mentorship program that connected law students with successful attorneys in relevant career tracks and special interest groups.

Director of External Affairs 5/2019 - 4/2020

• Organized and ran events to introduce and connect law students with Texas firms and attorneys.
• Managed fundraising sponsorships with Texas law firms for the 2019-2020 school year and added an additional tier of sponsorship.
• Increased the number of firm sponsors by 20% YoY and total monetary donations from Texas firms by 25% YoY.

• Assisted undocumented and underprivileged workers with labor disputes (FLSA, NRA, EOC), wage violations, human labor trafficking, and DACA renewals.
• Researched novel and ambiguous legal questions for staff attorneys related to current clients and cases.
• Researched potential claims and filed a Federal Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) on behalf of the client against their alleged perpetrator.