gm! Mark brings experience advising some of the largest companies in the world on industry-altering transactions in Gibson Dunn’s corporate department to entrepreneurs, dealmakers, and creators. Now Mark is an octopus (his favorite animal) of a lawyer—walking clients through fundraising, acquisitions, or exits, joining the team as outside general counsel, or helping them navigate the intersection of blockchain technology and law as traditional orgs, decentralized ones or a mix of the two.

Mark received his JD, magna cum laude, from Georgetown Law, was elected to the Order of the Coif, and served as Articles Editor for the Georgetown Law Journal. Mark received his BA from UCLA. In addition to having overspent in gas auctions “so his clients could learn from his hands-on experience,” Mark is a certified legal engineer (LEETH) and a member of LexDAO.

Mark lives in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica and San Diego, California with his wife, Kassidi and his dog, Tipsy. He can’t do anything until he’s surfed. It’s a curse.

Sara is uniquely positioned to advise a diverse clientele by leveraging her extensive experience in complex transactional tax matters with her passion for working with clients at every stage to implement tax-efficient wealth transfer and preservation strategies.

On the corporate side, Sara advises clients in a wide range of federal income tax matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and restructurings, spin-offs, debt and equity financings, and structuring private equity and hedge fund partnership ventures.

Sara also navigates all aspects of domestic and international estate and income tax planning matters for families, individuals, and executives across the wealth spectrum.

Prior to joining Groundswell, Sara practiced at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP. Sara is a California transplant who takes every opportunity she can to surf, play tennis, dress her dog in ridiculous outfits, and geek out on the latest cryptocurrency news and tax rules.

Sara earned her JD, magna cum laude, from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA (2003), and her LLM in taxation from NYU School of Law, New York, NY (2007).