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Mark E. Bonham

Stoel Rives LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2007
  • Recognized in:
    Corporate Law
    Mergers and Acquisitions Law...
  • Law School:
    Harvard University
  • Website:
    http://www.stoel.com
  • Languages:
    English
  • Location:
    201 South Main Street, Suite 1100
    Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Mark Bonham serves as co-chair of Stoel Rives’ Technology & Life Sciences practice and is located in the Salt Lake City office, where he focuses his practice on providing corporate legal counsel to technology, life sciences, software, internet-based, electronics, venture capital, and investment banking companies and emerging businesses. A member of the Corporate group, Mark is well-known in the Salt Lake City region due to his emerging business and venture capital experience. With a depth of knowledge in startups, financing, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, equity compensation, business strategy, IPOs, SEC reporting, and exit strategy, Mark has deep relationships with tech startups and emerging businesses.

Recent transactions where Mark has been an advisor include representing a startup company receiving an investment from a venture fund, advising a software company in a merger with a company in a related space, and assisting in the sale of an equipment rental company. Last year, Mark was part of a team advising a transportation equipment company in the placement of more than $350 million of securities led by J.P. Morgan.

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Lawyer Bio

Mark Bonham serves as co-chair of Stoel Rives’ Technology & Life Sciences practice and is located in the Salt Lake City office, where he focuses his practice on providing corporate legal counsel to technology, life sciences, software, internet-based, electronics, venture capital, and investment banking companies and emerging businesses. A member of the Corporate group, Mark is well-known in the Salt Lake City region due to his emerging business and venture capital experience. With a depth of knowledge in startups, financing, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, equity compensation, business strategy, IPOs, SEC reporting, and exit strategy, Mark has deep relationships with tech startups and emerging businesses.

Recent transactions where Mark has been an advisor include representing a startup company receiving an investment from a venture fund, advising a software company in a merger with a company in a related space, and assisting in the sale of an equipment rental company. Last year, Mark was part of a team advising a transportation equipment company in the placement of more than $350 million of securities led by J.P. Morgan.

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Education:

  • Harvard University , J.D., graduated 1987
  • Brigham Young University, B.A., Economics, graduated 1984

Bar Admissions:

  • Utah, Utah Bar Association
  • California, State Bar of California

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Venture Capital Law, Salt Lake City (2019)
  • Venture Capital Law, Salt Lake City (2014)
  • Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law, Salt Lake City (2012)
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Salt Lake City (2010)
  • Corporate Law, Salt Lake City (2009)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
  • Venture Capital Law
 

Awards:

  • Listed in Utah Super Lawyers®, Top Rated Mergers & Acquisitions Attorney (multiple years)
  • Included in Utah Business Legal Elite, most recently in 2018-2020
  • AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5.0 Peer Review Rated with Martindale-Hubbell®

Special Focus:

  • Biotechnology
  • Corporate Compliance
  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Emerging Business
  • General Corporate
  • Information Technology
  • Investment
  • IPO
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Private Funds
  • Publicly-Held Companies
  • Securities
  • Technology
  • Transactions
  • Venture Capital
 

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Firm Details

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Stoel Rives LLP
http://www.stoel.com
 
Headquarters
760 Southwest Ninth Avenue, Suite 3000
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 224.3380
10 Office Locations
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Anchorage, AK

510 L Street, Suite 500

Anchorage, AK 99501-1959

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(907) 277.1900

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California

Sacramento, CA

500 Capital Mall, Suite 1600

Sacramento, CA 95814

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(916) 447.0700

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San Diego, CA

501 West Broadway, Suite 2000

San Diego, CA 92101

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San Francisco, CA

Three Embarcadero Center, Suite 1120

San Francisco, CA 94111

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Washington, DC

1150 Eighteenth Street, NW, Suite 325

Washington, DC 20036

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(202) 398.1795

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Boise, ID

101 South Capitol Boulevard, Suite 1900

Boise, ID 83702-7705

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Minneapolis, MN

33 South Sixth Street, Suite 4200

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Salt Lake City, UT

201 South Main Street, Suite 1100

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

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600 University Street, Suite 3600

Seattle, WA 98101

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Mark Bonham joins Stoel Rives in Salt Lake City

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IPO/M&A/VC/Licensing

At Wilson Sonsini, completed about 30 IPOs, 80 mergers & acquisitions, and hundreds of venture capital deals.  Over $10 billion in deal experience. At SageCreek, we advise companies of all sizes, but primarily venture-stage, in how to grow faster and better.  We help with strategy, executive mentoring, fundraising, financial modeling, legal strategy, product development, board governance, sales and marketing and a variety of other matters that management teams face.
 
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