Mark Hobson is a partner in Shutts & Bowen's Corporate Practice Group.
Mr. Hobson represents both foreign and domestic corporations, partnerships, other business entities and individuals in a variety of corporate and commercial matters including mergers and acquisitions, complex purchase and distribution arrangements, commercial finance, joint ventures, secured lending (including Export-Import Bank guaranteed and insured transactions), international transactional matters, corporate governance, and trademark, technology, licensing and copyright matters. He practiced in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 1994 to 1998 and speaks Portuguese.
While Mr. Hobson was at the Florida State University School of Law, he was the managing editor of the Journal of Transnational Law and Policy. He also studied International and Comparative Law in Brussels, Belgium.
Mr. Hobson has given several lectures on Article 9 of the UCC.
Education
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Master of Laws, cum laude, International, European and Comparative Law, 1993
- Florida State University College of Law, J.D., with honors,1992
- Tampa College, B.S., summa cum laude, Marketing and Management, 1988
Bar Admissions
- The Florida Bar
- Colorado Bar
Languages
- Portuguese
