Mark Friedman

Mark serves companies with a unique combination of legal experience and business management perspective. He has over 25 years of experience in private practice and a decade of serving as a senior executive and General Counsel for a telecommunications software company. Mark practices in the areas of real estate, corporate, and technology law. Consistently recognized for being a deal maker and passionate client advocate, he demonstrates strong analytical, project management and contract negotiation skills.

As founder and senior partner of entrepreneurial law firms, Mark has a commitment to efficient matter management and operational excellence. He has represented a wide range of companies and individuals in various types of commercial and residential real estate matters and corporate transactions.

Working with leading real estate developers, Mark has advised and assisted his clients on asset purchases and sale transactions, financings, leasing matters, and condominium and mixed-use building development opportunities, including condominium documents and complex reciprocal easement agreements between air parcel owners. His corporate matters include counseling on stock sales, employment situations, shareholder disputes, operating agreements, supplier contracts, and reseller arrangements. His technology-specific legal work includes drafting agreements related to software licensing, support and development, SaaS subscriptions, and managed service contracts.

Notably, he served as the Chair of the Condominium Subcommittee of Real Property Law Committee of Chicago Bar Association and was one of five attorneys appointed by the City of Chicago’s Commissioner of Department of Consumer Services to serve on a Special Committee to re-draft the Chicago Condominium Property Report Ordinance. Mark is also a registered CPA in Illinois.