Profile

Mark Bernstein advises numerous public and private corporations and serves as lead director and member of the board of directors of a publicly traded company. He has extensive experience in mergers, acquisitions and corporate reorganizations and has participated in significant corporate transactions in the steel, textile, cryogenic gas and retail industries.

Experience Highlights

Mr. Bernstein serves as general counsel and legal advisor to corporations and businesses on a broad variety of issues including:

• Corporate restructuring, acquisitions and reorganizations
• Board responsibilities, stockholder's rights and other related matters
• Transition planning upon death or retirement of principal stockholders

News

• Mark Bernstein Receives Ayscue Professionalism Award
  October 31, 2012
• Mark Bernstein Receives Charlotte Symphony's Sally Ann Hall Award
  November 10, 2011
• Mark Bernstein Receives 2010 Spirit Award for Commitment to the Arts
  February 3, 2011
• Mark Bernstein Honored with McKnight Award
  The North Carolina Bar Association
  April 30, 2009
• WTVI Series Legacy to Profile Mark Bernstein
  May 1, 2007

Memberships

• Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
  Board of Directors
• Foundation for the Carolinas
  Chairman, 2000-2002
• North Carolina Economic Development Board
  Chairman, 1998-2000
• Supreme Court Historical Society
  Member, 1997-present
• Mecklenburg County Bar
  President, 1995-1996
• Yale Law School
  Executive Committee, 1993-1994
• Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
  Chairman, Corporate and Business Department, 1978-1990; Chairman, Management Committee, 1992-1997