Mark Hiraide Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, Us

Mark T. Hiraide works in the highly specialized and complex area of the law having to do with business finance and raising capital. He represents entrepreneurs, startups, publicly traded companies, directors and officers, broker-dealers, investment bankers, investment advisers and accountants in civil litigation relating to securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and investment management. He counsels public exchange-listed and private companies and their boards of directors, including special committees and senior management, on issues including corporate governance, discharge of fiduciary duties, internal investigations and Securities and Exchange Commission compliance. He represents companies in transactions including securities private placements and public offerings. And he represents parties in government regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings. In addition, Mr. Hiraide represents investors who have been wronged by the financial industry. Mark offers unique insight and perspective to his clients because of his former position as an SEC attorney and because he has handled both business transactions and courtroom litigation during his three decades as a corporate and securities lawyer.

Los Angeles, California, Us

After leaving the SEC, with his partner Lee Petillon, Mark formed Petillon Hiraide LLP, a small but powerful law firm known among its peers for expertise in corporate and securities law. This highly specialized field of law comes into play when companies want to grow and need to raise capital. Mark assists entrepreneurs raising capital in private and public securities markets. He defends directors, officers, and other investment professionals in civil litigation and in regulatory investigations before the SEC, FINRA and PCAOB. He prosecutes securities cases on behalf of investors and counsels companies listed on the NASDAQ, AMEX and OTCBB stock markets, privately held businesses and individual officers and directors in corporate finance and mergers and acquisition transactions and in litigation relating to liabilities under federal and state securities laws.Mark also serves as a consulting and testifying expert witness in securities litigation and attorney malpractice cases.Mark served as a legal extern to California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso and federal district court Judge Robert M. Takasugi.Specialties: Securities Litigation, D&O Defense, SEC, FINRA, PCAOB Defense, SEC Compliance, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions (private, public); Public Offerings; Private Equity Financing (Venture Capital, Institutional, Angel).

Los Angeles, California, Us

After the passing of his longtime law partner, Mark continued to manage PETILLON HIRAIDE LLP, while serving as Of Counsel to PARKER MILLS LLP who has been representing national and local clients for almost two decades. They provide thoughtful and effective litigation and business advice to Fortune 500 companies and other businesses, lawyers and law firms, family groups, individuals and many of the principal stakeholders in California.

After serving as a Chief in one of the Enforcement Branches in the Commission's Los Angeles Regional Office, Mark relocated to Washington, D.C. to work in the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance. In support of the SEC’s mission to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation, the Division of Corporation Finance seeks to ensure that investors are provided with material information in order to make informed investment decisions, both when a company initially offers its securities to the public and on an ongoing basis as it continues to give information to the marketplace. The Division also provides interpretive assistance to companies with respect to SEC rules and forms and makes recommendations to the Commission regarding new rules and revisions to existing rules.

Mark began his career with the SEC in its Division of Enforcement in the Los Angeles Regional Office, where after one year he was promoted to Chief of one of the office's Endorsement branches. The Commission's enforcement staff conducts investigations into possible violations of the federal securities laws, and prosecutes the Commission's civil suits in the federal courts as well as its administrative proceedings. In civil suits, the Commission seeks injunctions, which are orders that prohibit future violations; a person who violates an injunction is subject to fines or imprisonment for contempt. In addition, the Commission often seeks civil money penalties and the disgorgement of illegal profits. The courts may also bar or suspend individuals from acting as corporate officers or directors. Releases describing recent litigation are posted on this site. The Commission can bring a variety of administrative proceedings, which are heard by administrative law judges and the Commission itself. One type of proceeding, for a cease and desist order, may be instituted against any person who violates the federal securities laws. The Commission may order the respondent to disgorge ill-gotten funds in these proceedings. With respect to regulated entities (e.g., brokers, dealers and investment advisers) and their employees, the Commission may institute administrative proceedings to revoke or suspend registration, or to impose bars or suspensions from employment. In proceedings against regulated persons, the Commission is authorized to order the payment of civil penalties as well as disgorgement.

United States Attorneys conduct most of the trial work in which the United States is a party. Appointed as a Special Assistant United States Attorney, Mark prosecuted and tried to verdict a major criminal securities fraud case.

Bachelor'S, Economics

Jd (Merit Scholar)

A.B. (With Distinction), Economics