Mark C. Silverstein is a partner of the firm. He serves as general counsel to corporations, limited liability companies and other business entities. His clients include a variety of small and medium-sized closely held and family-owned businesses.

As general counsel, Mr. Silverstein advises businesses and business owners on choice of entity, financing, employment and other legal matters that arise on an ongoing basis. In addition, he handles transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions and private placement offerings. Mr. Silverstein also works on commercial litigations applying his background in commercial law and contracts to the analysis of disputed issues and the negotiation and drafting of settlement agreements.

Admitted to the bar in 1984, Mr. Silverstein is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the New York State and American Bar Associations. Mr. Silverstein graduated summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Binghamton (B.S. 1980) and cum laude from New York University School of Law (J.D. 1983). He was awarded the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates, and served as an editor of the Journal of International Law and Politics.