Mark was the senior commercial partner in Wellington, when he left to join Telecom New Zealand Limited in late 2000.

At Telecom, Mark was Group General Counsel and Executive responsible for Telecom's international and cable divisions as well as a member of Telecom's Senior Executive Team.

Mark is a highly regarded commercial lawyer and business leader and sits on a number of boards of directors.

Simpson Grierson is proud to have him back at the firm, where he will assist on strategic issues and business development initiatives and work with the corporate advisory partners on major transactions.

Mark will be based in the Wellington office from early October.