Attorneys

MARK E. RINEHART is a corporate and real estate attorney.  His corporate practice involves mergers and acquisitions, sales and purchases of businesses, asset purchase and sale agreements, stock purchase and sale agreements, business succession planning, corporate finance, private placements of securities, venture capital transactions and general business representation. His real estate practice involves real estate finance, purchases and sales of real   property, representation of real estate developers and lenders, and developing, permitting and subdividing real property. Mr. Rinehart also represents venture capital investors, companies receiving venture capital investment, real estate developers of all sizes, start up companies of various sizes and general business clients. Mr. Rinehart also represents renewable energy developers in developing wind and biomass projects and in closing private investment and project financing for such projects. He has been general counsel to an independent power company and a real estate development company. He has spoken and presented at seminars and written articles on a variety of business, tax and transactional topics. Mr. Rinehart is admitted to practice in Utah and Colorado and is a member of the American Bar Association.

LEGAL EDUCATION

J.D., 1982, The Law School of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

GRADUATE EDUCATION

University of Houston, Clear Lake City campus
M.B.A., December, 1979, emphasis in finance

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
B. S. Chemical Engineering

ACADEMIC HONORS

David O. McKay Scholar
BYU Honors Program, graduation with honors
National Merit Scholar and Scholarship

LANGUAGES

English
Portuguese

ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Utah State Bar, Member sections on Business Law, Corporate Law, Real Property
Colorado State Bar
Salt Lake County Bar Association, past member
American Bar Association
Past Member, American Association of Corporate Counsel
Past Member, Board of Trustees, The Sutherland Institute
Past Member, Governor’s Energy Policy Advisory Committee, State of Arizona
Past Co-Chair, Energy Steering Subcommittee, Arizona Association of Industries
Past Executive Committee Member, Subcommittee on Retail Wheeling and Competitive Energy, Arizona Association of Industries, Phoenix, Arizona