Mark S. Vecchio
Partner
Mark has extensive experience in negotiating and drafting documentation for mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, capital markets transactions, privatizations, energy and natural resource development projects, intellectual property transactions, and inbound and outbound international direct investments and financing. He also counsels clients regarding infrastructure development projects, particularly those involving transportation, fossil fuels, and renewable and alternative energy.
A native New Yorker, Mark has lived and worked abroad in a variety of capacities. He is an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, where he has taught a course, Strategic International Commercial Transactions, since 2006. He spent the spring semester of 2025 as a visiting professor at Sciences Po Law School in Paris, France, teaching Introduction to Corporate Law to first-year masters students and Strategic International Commercial Transactions to second-year masters students as part of Science Po’s Masters Program in Economic Law.
In addition to his native English, he speaks French, German, Swiss-German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, and Portuguese.
Related Practices
Experience
Experience
Representative Matters
Energy and Infrastructure
- Represented a global private equity firm in the disposition of a majority of its sponsorship interest in a joint venture for the $9.5 billion development, financing, and construction of a new Terminal One at New York's JFK airport
- Represented a major Caribbean government-owned utility in major energy-related transactions, including financing and development of liquefied petroleum gas terminals, natural gas conversion projects, acquisition of power plants and other power generation facilities, long-term gas supply agreements, and operating and management agreements
- Represented a joint venture between a Texas construction conglomerate and an Australian pension fund manager in connection with multiple transportation-related public-private partnerships and infrastructure development projects and in the acquisition and disposition of a multi-billion-dollar LNG (liquefied natural gas) facility
- Represented a green energy technology company in connection with the financing and development of waste-to-energy projects
- Represented a clean coal technology company in connection with the development of a refinery project
Domestic and International Mergers and Acquisitions
- Represented a major French aeronautics manufacturer in connection with the acquisition of an industrial aviation facility in Florida
- Represented a U.S. maritime company in connection with the creation of an international joint venture with a Danish shipping conglomerate
- Represented a Danish-American joint venture in connection with the disposition of a global maritime service provider
- Represented an Italian telecommunications company in connection with the acquisition of a U.S. mobile technology business
- Represented a Bulgarian media company in connection with the contemplated acquisition of a European television broadcasting company
- Represented a UK/Italian telematics company in the acquisition of a U.S. telematics business
- Represented a French consulting company in connection with the acquisition of a U.S. strategic management consulting business
- Represented a U.S. IT consulting company in connection with the contemplated acquisition of a global technology platform
- Represented U.S. entrepreneurs in the sale of an online compliance consulting business
- Represented a U.S. digital media company in connection with the acquisition of multiple digital platform businesses
- Represented a major U.S. health and fitness membership-based technology company in a merger with a private-equity-backed global wellness experience technology platform
- Represented a U.S.-based electronic security company in connection with its sale to a global private-equity firm
- Represented a global automotive parts company in connection with its sale to a private equity firm
- Represented a European digital media company in connection with its acquisition of a U.S.-based digital platform
- Represented a UAE-based investment company in connection with the buy-out of its U.S. partners in a global retail food business
- Represented a U.S. film production company in connection with the buy-out of its Los Angeles-based entertainment partner and the subsequent creation of a joint venture with a U.S.-based family office
- Represented a U.S. digital security company in its sale to a global private equity firm
- Represented a Luxembourg-based private equity firm in connection with various investments in U.S. technology companies
Corporate Governance and Commercial Transactions
- Represented a European fine art foundation in a corporate governance dispute
- Represented a Dutch real estate company in connection with a commercial dispute with a global real estate developer
- Represented a U.S. consulting company in connection with the licensing of business concepts to Italian, Middle Eastern, and Russian licensees
- Represented an Italian manufacturer of heavy equipment in connection with the structuring of U.S. and global distribution networks
- Represented an Italian industrial manufacturer in connection with the creation of a U.S. joint venture
- Represented a Brazilian industrial manufacturer in connection with the structuring of a U.S. distribution chain
- Represented a U.S. not-for-profit foundation in connection with the disposition of real estate assets in Europe and North Africa
- Represented a German-owned China-based technology company in connection with the creation of a joint venture with a professional European sports association to develop an internet-based streaming platform for international athletic competitions
- Represented a Brazilian high-end commercial and residential furnishings manufacturer in connection with the expansion of its U.S. business operations
- Represented a U.S. high-end cyber security company in connection with development financing via issuance of convertible notes
- Represented a U.S. founder/entrepreneur in connection with a liquidity-creating transaction
- Represented U.S. entrepreneurs in connection with the sale of a hospital business to a global private equity firm
Insights
Insights
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- J.D. Columbia University School of Law
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- University of Munich, Germany
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Fellowship
- B.A. magna cum laude, Distinction in Major (Russian and East European Studies) Yale University
- University of St. Petersburg, Russia
- Russian Language Certificate
Bar Admissions
- New York
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Adjunct professor, Columbia Law School and Columbia Business School — teaches a course, Strategic International Commercial Transactions, to upper-level J.D., LLM, and MBA students
- Visiting professor, Economic Law, Sciences Po Masters Program – taught two courses, Introduction to Corporate Law and Strategic International Commercial Transactions in spring 2025
- Member, International Law and Practice Section, American Bar Association
Languages
- French
- German
- Swiss-German
- Spanish
- Italian
- Russian
- Polish
- Portuguese
Recognition
Recognition
- Legal 500, M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m), 2024
- Expert Guides, Banking, Finance and Transactional Law, 2014
- Corporate INTL Magazine, Legal Awards, 2013