Mark Knight

Mark Knight practices primarily in the securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate, and partnership areas. Mark is also the leader of the firm's corporate practice group. He has served as M&A counsel in nearly $1 billion worth of business acquisitions and combinations, and has handled more than 50 capital formation transactions.  He was named 2010 "M&A Lawyer of the Year" for Columbia, SC by Best Lawyers and is listed among the five top-tier corporate/M&A lawyers in South Carolina by Chambers USA.

Mark has been an active leader in the South Carolina Bar's legislative committees involving limited liability company, limited partnership and securities law issues. He is a frequent speaker on various merger and acquisition, corporate, and securities topics. Mark also published an article on limited partnerships in the USC Law Review.

A summa cum laude graduate of Furman University, Mark was twice published in the law review as a student at the University of South Carolina School of Law, from which he graduated cum laude.

Mark has been a Deacon, Sunday School teacher and member of the Sanctuary Choir at St. Andrews Baptist Church; and is a co-founder of Vista Fellowship and Midtown Fellowship.

• Special Hearing Officer for the South Carolina Securities Commission (2003-2004)
• InnoVenture regional venture capital and innovation pipeline conference - Legal Chair (2004-Present); Planning Committee (2004); and Selection Committee (2004-2006)
• South Carolina Investor Network - President (2006); Founding Board Member (since 1999)
• Best Lawyers in America - Corporate, M&A and Securities Law
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers - Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions
• South Carolina Bar - Corporation, Banking and Securities Section, Chair, Securities Committee Chair (1985); Ad Hoc Limited Partnership Committee, which drafted and sponsored the 1986 Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act in South Carolina, Chair (1986); Securities Legislative Study Committee, Chair (1990)
• American Bar Association - Corporate Law Committee, State Liaison (since 1998)
• Center for Global Strategies - Participant in an Exploratory Business and Goodwill Delegation to Vietnam and Myanmar (2006)

• Fifty-nine Attorneys Selected for Best Lawyers in America®; Five Practice Areas Listed Among Top in the Carolinas
  Nexsen Pruet is proud to announce that 59 of its attorneys have been named to the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers®.
• Nexsen Pruet Attorneys and Practice Groups Rated Among Top in South Carolina
  A leading legal directory has ranked Nexsen Pruet attorneys and practices among the top in South Carolina.
• Innoventure Southeast 2010
  InnoVenture’s goal is to connect customers, capital, talent and technology. Attendees will have opportunities to meet and share their thoughts about the future of businesses they are creating here.
• Mark Knight Named “M&A Lawyer of the Year”
  Nexsen Pruet attorney Mark Knight has been named “Columbia, SC Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year” for 2010 by Best Lawyers®. In various specialty areas, the publication recognizes one attorney from large legal communities as the “Lawyer of the Year.”
• Nexsen Pruet Earns Designation as 'Midlands Green Business'
  Nexsen Pruet has earned designation as a Midlands Green Business, joining other Columbia-area organizations that are committed to environmentally responsible practices in the workplace.
• Nexsen Pruet Represents CAIC in $100 Million Purchase by AFLAC
  Nexsen Pruet attorneys played a critical role in Aflac’s recent $100 million acquisition of Continental American Insurance Co. (CAIC). The transaction closed effective October 1, 2009.
• Fifty-eight Attorneys Selected for Best Lawyers in America®
  Fifty-eight Nexsen Pruet attorneys will be included in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
• Nexsen Pruet: Only Law Firm Listed for North and South Carolina in "Trade Allies" Directory
  The new edition of Southern Business & Development magazine features the "1st Annual Trade Allies Directory." Nexsen Pruet is the only law firm listed in both North and South Carolina.
• Wall Street Journal quotes Nexsen Pruet attorney Rick Mendoza
  A June 30th article in The Wall Street Journal entitled "At Chicken Plant, a Recession Battle" quotes Nexsen Pruet attorney Rick Mendoza.
• Legal Directory Publisher Ranks Four Nexsen Pruet Practice Areas Among Top in State; Eleven Attorneys Rated for Excellence
  The 2009 edition of Chambers USA ranks four of Nexsen Pruet’s practice areas and eleven attorneys among the best in South Carolina.
• Nexsen Pruet to Sponsor 6th Annual Innoventure Conferences
  When entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, educators, and business leaders gather for the 6th annual InnoVenture Conference in Greenville, they’ll have the full support of Nexsen Pruet. The law firm is a founding sponsor of the event, which brings together global thought leaders from the corporate, technology, and higher education worlds in a day-long event scheduled for March 24 at the Carolina First Center.
• Nexsen Pruet Moves into New Office Space in Greenville
  Nexsen Pruet has moved into new office space in Greenville.
• Nexsen Pruet Creates Distressed Property and Workout Practice Group
  The new group will provide clients the necessary resources, skills, and expertise needed to navigate issues that emerge during periods of economic and financial uncertainty.
• 45 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Selected for Best Lawyers
  Columbia, SC – Forty-five Nexsen Pruet attorneys will be included in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. The publication also ranks Nexsen Pruet #1 in eleven practice areas in South Carolina and three in North Carolina.
• Legal Directory Publisher Ranks 11 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys for Excellence; Four Practice Areas Rated Among Top in State
• Video Produced for Innoventure 2008
  Learn more about Nexsen Pruet from our video for InnoVenture - a conference bringing together entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.
• 38 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Names To "The Best Lawyers in America 2008"
  Thirty-eight attorneys from Nexsen Pruet, LLC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 – including six who have now earned the honor for 10 years or more.
• Legal Publisher Recognizes Ten Nexsen Pruet Attorneys For Excellence; Three Practices Areas Again Rated No. 1
  Ten Nexsen Pruet attorneys have been named among the top legal practitioners in their fields in the 2007 edition of the Chambers USA Guide, and three of the firm’s practice areas were rated No. 1 in South Carolina.
• Nexsen Pruet's Innovation Team To Focus on Start-Up and Emerging Businesses
  Nexsen Pruet today announced the establishment of an Innovation Team that combines the capabilities of four key practice areas vital to start-up and emerging businesses.

• Innoventure Southeast 2010
• Sixth Annual CLE Ethics Seminar