Consultancy Names Former Focus Financial General Counsel As MD

Tom Burroughes

2 September 2015

A US-based business and regulatory consultancy firm, MarketCounsel, has appointed David Mrazik as a managing director and managing partner of Hamburger Law Firm, an affiliated entity.

Most recently, Mrazik was the general counsel and a managing director of Focus Financial Partners, where he was responsible for overseeing and advising on the internal and external legal affairs of the company and its affiliates.

Mrazik started his career in law at Willkie, Farr & Gallagher as an associate in its corporate and financial services department. While there, Mrazik represented numerous public and private clients in mergers, stock and asset sales, venture capital investments and other transactions, in addition to serving as an outside general counsel and regulatory resource. He next joined the M&A and Private Equity Department of Vinson & Elkins, where he led numerous transactions and other client engagements covering a broad range of industries and subject matter.

Last month, the firm hired managing director and general counsel, Ed Slezak . Before that, it appointed Andrew Greenstein and Mark Simmelkjaer . Andrew Wels and Richard Chen added to the firm’s regulation and compliance resources.