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Mark B. Baudler
Partner
Corporate
Palo Alto

D650-320-4597

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  • Key Advisor to C-Suites and Boards

    Clients rely on Mark’s pragmatic, business-minded insights grounded in more than 25 years of market-leading experience with cutting-edge technology and emerging growth companies.

  • Elite Technology Company Clients

    Mark has advised on high-profile financings, M&A transactions, IPOs, and other capital markets and strategic transactions for benchmark technology companies such as Altruist, AppDirect, Arista Networks, Cohere, Coupang, Dolby Laboratories, ElevenLabs, Enable, Epic Games, ESS, GoFundMe, Homeward Health, Ibotta, Last Energy, Mews, Onfido, QuantumScape, Substack, Transcarent, and zScaler.

  • Broad Industry Experience

    Mark has worked with clients in a diverse range of industries, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, autonomous vehicles, aviation, big data, cleantech and climate solutions, data storage, digital health and wellness, digital media and entertainment, electronic gaming, fintech, robotics, semiconductors, software and SaaS, space, and web3, among other emerging and disruptive technologies.

Mark Baudler is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a previous member of the firm's board of directors. With more than 25 years of running a leading practice in corporate and securities law, he is among the most experienced and in-demand advisors to founders, CEOs, CFOs, CLOs, boards, and special committees on all forms of corporate matters and transactions across a broad range of technology and emerging sectors.

Mark's practice focuses on the representation of technology and growth companies at all stages of their development, from seed-stage start-ups and early-stage public companies to mature public companies.

He regularly advises public and private companies and their management on a broad range of corporate matters, including corporate governance responsibilities, equity incentive plans and arrangements, employment matters, intellectual property issues, regulatory compliance, and commercial transactions. In addition, he frequently counsels entrepreneurs on company formation, equity structures, and negotiations with seed and venture capital investors. He also advises venture capital firms, corporate strategic groups, and other institutions investing in technology companies.

As one of the country’s most active deal lawyers, his experience includes structuring, managing, and negotiating venture financings, strategic alliances, M&A transactions, public equity offerings, private placement equity and debt transactions, joint ventures, spin-outs, recapitalizations, and other corporate reorganizations.

Mark's clients include companies across a diverse range of industries, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, autonomous vehicles, aviation, big data, cleantech and climate solutions, data storage, digital health and wellness, digital media and entertainment, electronic gaming, fintech, robotics, semiconductors, software and SaaS, space, and web3, among other emerging and disruptive technologies.

Experience

Mark Baudler is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a previous member of the firm's board of directors. With more than 25 years of running a leading practice in corporate and securities law, he is among the most experienced and in-demand advisors to founders, CEOs, CFOs, CLOs, boards, and special committees on all forms of corporate matters and transactions across a broad range of technology and emerging sectors.

Mark's practice focuses on the representation of technology and growth companies at all stages of their development, from seed-stage start-ups and early-stage public companies to mature public companies.

He regularly advises public and private companies and their management on a broad range of corporate matters, including corporate governance responsibilities, equity incentive plans and arrangements, employment matters, intellectual property issues, regulatory compliance, and commercial transactions. In addition, he frequently counsels entrepreneurs on company formation, equity structures, and negotiations with seed and venture capital investors. He also advises venture capital firms, corporate strategic groups, and other institutions investing in technology companies.

As one of the country’s most active deal lawyers, his experience includes structuring, managing, and negotiating venture financings, strategic alliances, M&A transactions, public equity offerings, private placement equity and debt transactions, joint ventures, spin-outs, recapitalizations, and other corporate reorganizations.

Mark's clients include companies across a diverse range of industries, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, autonomous vehicles, aviation, big data, cleantech and climate solutions, data storage, digital health and wellness, digital media and entertainment, electronic gaming, fintech, robotics, semiconductors, software and SaaS, space, and web3, among other emerging and disruptive technologies.

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Client Highlights
Wilson Sonsini Advises Arc on $10.76 Million Seed Funding
On May 26, 2026, voice AI start-up Arc announced the launch of its drive-through platform and a $10.76 million Seed funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation by Adverb Ventures, Broadway Restaurant Group, LLC, United Talent Agency, and others. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Arc on the financing.

Founded by Square and Cash App veterans Mike MacLennan and Ali Hussain, Arc is the only voice AI platform purpose-built to bring e-commerce-grade optimization to the drive-through. Powered by its proprietary AI voice ordering system, Arc’s platform “lets operators manage their drive-through with the precision, measurability, and curated experience of a modern digital channel,” according to MacLennan. The company is already working with two major fast-food chains and says its system can complete orders on its own over 95 percent of the time.

The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Arc on the financing included Mark Baudler, Jonathan Chan, Jocqui Kaup, Peter Bratton, James Power, Mounika Yepuri, and Annie Xu. 

For more information, please see coverage from Fortune and Startup Fortune.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Reltio on Acquisition by SAP
On March 27, 2026, SAP, a global leader in enterprise applications and business AI, announced its acquisition of Reltio, a leading master data management (MDM) software provider, to help customers make their SAP and non-SAP enterprise data AI-ready. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Reltio on the transaction.
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