Mark Kuehn

Mark Kuehn has advised numerous businesses and business owners on corporate, M&A and other transactional matters. He draws upon a wealth of hands-on business ownership, management and financial advisory experience in addition to his many years of legal practice in which he concentrated on corporate representation, business transactions and mergers & acquisitions, having served in private practice as well as providing in-house counsel functions for several companies.

In his sixteen years in the business sector, Mark participated in founding, purchasing, turning-around, selling and consulting for businesses in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, distribution, retail technology and services. As co-founder and president of NJ-based General Messenger Service in 1984, Mark helped bring the company from start-up to a multi-million dollar business.

Mark headed NY-based M&A consulting firm, America’s First Capital Corp., where he provided middle-market financial advisory services, working with numerous business owner/sellers and strategic and financial buyers in planning, strategizing and implementing business purchases, sales and mergers.

Recognizing the need for a forum for New Jersey-based professionals, investors, business owners and executives involved in M&A, Mark, in 2003, founded the New Jersey Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth listed as one of “the most important networking groups in New Jersey” in the NJBIZ “George Taber’s 2004-2005 Guide To Financing & Growing Your Business in New Jersey”. He presently serves the Chapter as its Founding Chairman and has also served on the Board of Directors of ACG New York. As part of his role with ACG, Mark currently hosts several quarterly dinner meeting forums, one for business owners and senior executives (ACG NJ CEO Forum), one for Corporate Development, M&A and Strategy Officers of corporations (ACG NJ CD Forum), one for CFO’s and other senior financial executives (ACG NJ CFO Forum, and one for Corporate General Counsel and other senior In-house counsel (ACG NJ In-house Counsel Forum).

Specialties: M&A and business advisory, purchasing and selling businesses, guiding business owners and senior management through the multitude of situations and opportunities that arise across the areas of business operations, management and ownership.