Mark Friedman is the co-founder and Managing Director of Baan Thai Immigration Solutions (www.BTISolutions.co) a Bangkok based firm focused on immigration matters. Mark is a member of the California Bar and a class of 1987 graduate with honors from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. He served for more than 20 years as general counsel and chief legal officer, leading legal departments for global privately held and public companies in the United States. Mark has extensive transactional and regulatory experience including M&A, finance, US Securities & Exchange Commission, US Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and states' attorney generals.