Meet Mark
Mark Witt is a shareholder in the firm’s Milwaukee office and member of the Corporate practice. His practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, private equity, venture capital, joint ventures and strategic commercial agreements for a number of public and private companies and private equity funds.
In the transactional area, Mark is known for his strong technical ability, his breadth of middle market experience, his commitment to excellent client service and his practical approach focused on resolving issues and reaching closing. Mark has been honored again this year with a Band 1 ranking from Chambers and Partners, the highest available ranking for a Corporate/M&A attorney in Wisconsin.
Mark joined the firm in 1994 and was elected a shareholder in 2001. He serves on the firm’s Board of Directors.
Education
Juris Doctor, University of Michigan Law School, 1994, cum laude
Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University, 1991 (Berlin, Germany campus January - June 1990)
Activities
Association for Corporate Growth, Wisconsin
- Past President (2017 – 2018)
- President (2016 – 2017)
- Member of Board of Directors (2010 – present)
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
- Chairman of Board (2017 – 2021)
- Member of Board of Directors (2009 – 2022)
- Member of Quality Committee (2009 – 2022)
- Chairman of Quality Committee (2016 – 2017)
- Member of Governance Committee (2015 – 2022)
Evans Transportation Services, Inc., Board of Directors (2025)
Member of Northwestern Mutual Policyowners’ Examining Committee (2021)
University School of Milwaukee, Board of Trustees (2025 – 2026)
Honors
Listed in Best Lawyers in America:
- 2018, 2020, 2023, 2025: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Milwaukee
- 2015 – present: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- 2009 – present: Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions
Recognized by Chambers USA (Corporate/M&A, 2007 – present)
Recognized by IFLR1000, the guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers, as a Wisconsin Statewide Leading Lawyer – Highly Regarded (2020 – present)
Recognized as a Wisconsin Super Lawyer (2010 – present)
Recognized as a Client Service All-Star by BTI Consulting (2022)
Admitted To Practice
WisconsinSale of privately held communication services business to a private equity purchaser (2024)
Represented a global public manufacturing company based in North Carolina in five separate acquisitions of businesses inside and outside of the United States (2024)
Represented a global public manufacturing company based in Ireland in two separate global restructurings to enable two separate $1B+ divestitures (2024)
Represented Penta Technologies, LLC and STRUXI, LLC in the sale of their businesses to JDM Technology Group (2024).
Represented CF Global Trading, LLC and its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and Portugal in their sale to State Street Corporation (2024)
Represented Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) in its acquisition of Elpis2, Inc. (2024)
Represented a Wisconsin-based logistics company on the issuance of additional equity (2024)
Represented a Wisconsin-based technology company on its early stage equity financing (2024)
Represented various subsidiaries of Billerud AB (Sweden) (OCTMKTS: BLRDF) on their divestiture of assets located in Wisconsin to various purchasers (2024)
Represented a global public manufacturing company based in North Carolina in five separate acquisitions of businesses inside and outside of the United States (2023)
Represented a privately held manufacturer of plastic products in the divestiture of certain Mexican operations to a corporation (2023)
Represented a global public manufacturing company based in Ireland in an acquisition of M&M Refrigeration, Inc. (2023)
Represented a Wisconsin-based fin-tech company on its sale to a private equity firm (2023)
Represented Bel Air Growth Partners in its acquisition of a privately held company (2023)
Represented Brass Ring Capital in its sale of Creative Learning Systems to Exeter Street Capital Partners (2023)
Represented Research Solutions, Inc. in its acquisition of Resolute Innovation, Inc. (2023)
Represented Research Solutions, Inc. in its acquisition of Scite, Inc. (2023)
Represented a global public manufacturing company based in North Carolina in five separate acquisitions of businesses inside and outside of the United States (2022)
Represented a global public manufacturing company based in Ireland in an acquisition of a privately held company (2022)
Represented Fiskars Oyj Abp and Fiskars Brands, Inc. in their divestiture of its Gilmour Americas Watering business to Lawn & Garden, LLC (2022)
Represented Borgman Capital LLC in its acquisition of K.G. Stevens Inc. (2022)
Represented a privately held building materials company in the sale of its business to an Italian corporation (2022)
Represented Briggs & Stratton, LLC in its sale of its home maintenance business to a foreign corporation (2022)