Mark has more than twenty years’ experience in Corporate and Commercial law developed in a variety of industries, together with extensive business management experience underpinned by an MBA.
He began his professional career as a police prosecutor before becoming a compliance and corporate governance specialist and one of Australia’s foremost gaming lawyers. He held several General Counsel and Company Secretary roles within both listed and non-listed gaming companies, assuming total responsibility for all aspects of their global commercial, corporate and intellectual property legal services.
Along with Commercial, Property and Gaming Law, Mark has been pioneering the area of Agile Contracting for companies participating in IT projects that feature Agile and Scrum project management principals. He has well developed legal skills and takes a commercial approach when providing strategic legal advice to executive management teams, business owners and company boards, and if he wasn’t practicing Business Law he’d be a professional triathlete.
I have known Mark and the Teddington team for some time now. When we started Sherpa we engaged the services of Teddington from day one and I can say its been the most valuable money we have spent. Teddington’s legal advice wrapped with commercial sensibility has had a significant impact on our business. From shareholder agreements to employee contracts and everything in between. I’m happy to and do recommend Teddington to anyone and everyone.
Mark, first and foremost thank you for the support that you personally and the entire Teddington team provided. As you will no doubt recall I engaged you to ‘win the unwinable’, and the Teddington team was professional and determined. Through careful management of a complex problem you were able to extract a charge that ultimately ensured I secured payment for a significant portion of what I was owed for services rendered.
It has been a pleasure to work with your team to resolve this matter and secure this money – which makes an enormous difference to my life.
I look forward to working with you again and would highly recommend you and Teddington to others.
Thanks Mark – really appreciated.
Mark and the Teddington team have been great to work with. I first had the pleasure of working with Mark over 4 years ago at the organisation I was working for prior to joining The Iconic. When I had the opportunity to review our current legal needs, there was no hesitation to give Mark a call to work together again. Over the years, Teddington have supported me in a variety of legal matters all of which were managed and handled efficiently, commercially and with little fuss. I like the team’s direct and professional approach which allows us to make the right decisions quickly. We also manage to have a bit of fun along the way which is a nice fresh change too!
I have had the pleasure of working with Mark and the Teddington legal team now for over 6 years across 2 different companies. As CFO also looking after legal, Teddington gives us that next level of assurance that we need. Where Mark differs from other legal firms is his ability to speak in familiar commercial non legal language that allows us to understand legal terminology in a way that enables us to make decisions with clarity as well as with a high level of comfort and understanding. His flexible modern approach to engagement is also a big advantage.
I’ve known Mark Gardiner since my time at Groupon where he was our legal representative across a range of legal issues. I’ve since moved on to a new online venture, Helpling, where Mark has been instrumental in assisting us in contract formation and review and ongoing ad hoc legal advice. We actually got him in after some bigger corporates were unable to give us the pragmatic advice we required. Unlike many of his counterparts, Mark’s legal advice is always grounded in a strong business awareness and appreciation for the company’s end goal. To top it off, he’s able to provide this level of service while currently serving as the Mayor of Marrickville!
A very big thank you from the Helpling team for all your assistance Mark, I look forward to continuing our relationship into the future.
As two young, inexperienced businessmen, my brother, Saxon, and I sought legal advice for our freshly conceived start up company Year 13 (ww.year13.com.au). From the minute we walked into Teddington office we felt right at home. Mark, Nicole and the team there have been the most incredible assistance for all our legal maters from our initial requirements of small service agreements, to our recent Shareholder agreements and major sponsorship agreements, Mark and the team have guided us and eased us into understanding our legal obligations and rights in the commercial world whilst understanding the financial and time restrictions a start-up can be overwhelmed with. We would like to thank Mark, Nicole and the team at Teddington for their ongoing support and understanding, and willingness to jump on skype calls from around the world at any time to satisfy our requirements!
Many Thanks
