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Mark Skerry is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s National Security Regulatory Practice. Mark has more than a decade of experience practicing national security law, including having served as an attorney within the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Mark regularly advises some of the largest private equity asset managers and international corporations on their most sophisticated and high-profile transactions before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Mark has counselled clients and successfully secured CFIUS approvals across a variety of industries considered sensitive to national security, including technology and software, social media platforms, aerospace and defense manufacturing, classified government contracting, semiconductors, telecommunications, airports and seaports, energy infrastructure, financial services, and life sciences, among others. Mark has also successfully negotiated commercially acceptable mitigation on behalf of clients before the Committee, secured CFIUS approval for hostile takeovers, and advised on investigations initiated by the Committee with respect to non-notified transactions. Mark also regularly coordinates worldwide foreign direct investment (FDI) approvals on behalf of clients for significant global transactions that involve national security sensitivities. He is recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. in International Trade: CFIUS and was named an “International Trade Rising Star” by Law360 in 2023.
Mark’s recent representations include:
Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Mark clerked for the Honorable Reggie B. Walton, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia and a former Presiding Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, and his B.Sc. from Cornell University. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.
Updated Aug 2023