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Mark I. Bane
Partner
Ropes & Gray
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-8704
T + 1-212-841-8808
F + 1-646-728-1662
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Practice
Mark Bane joined Ropes & Gray as a partner in 2006 and is a Co-Head of the Bankruptcy & Business Restructuring Group. His practice focuses on restructuring and creditors' rights, bankruptcy and corporate transactions.
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Mark was a partner of a large New York-based law firm, where he acted as chair of the Restructuring & Creditors' Rights Practice Group. Mark represents secured and unsecured creditors and creditors' committees; bondholder and equity holder committees; corporations; financial institutions and individuals; debtors; indenture trustees; and examiners in numerous chapter 11 and workout cases. He also represents investors and principals in healthy venture projects.
Other representative matters include:
- Currently represents official committee of unsecured creditors in the Wellman Inc. chapter 11 cases.
- Currently represents unofficial committees of bondholders in major chapter 11 cases, including Calpine.
- Currently represents ad hoc group of asset based paper holders in a KKR Financial facility being restructured.
- Currently represents the Bank of New York, as indenture trustee.
- Currently represents Atlas Air.
- Currently represents bidders and purchasers of assets of troubled companies.
- Represented JPMorgan Chase in the Enron chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
- Represented unofficial equity committees in various chapter 11 cases.
- Represented PBGC in various airline chapter 11 cases, including Delta Airlines, US Air and United Airlines.
- Served as special counsel to the Worldcom Unsecured Creditors' Committee.
- Represented committees of secured creditors in Service Merchandise Corporation, Kmart and Owens-Corning.
- Represented JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, Wells Fargo and State Street Bank, as indenture trustee, in numerous chapter 11 cases.
- Represented TV Filme, a Brazilian media company, in its Delaware chapter 11 case.
- Represented an official creditors' committee in the Ames Department Stores chapter 11 case.
- Represented a principal in a $2 billion real estate workout, avoiding a bankruptcy filing.
Honors & Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America (2009)
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2008)
- New York Super Lawyers (2007, 2008)
Professional & Civic Activities
Bar Admissions
Education
- 1985,
J.D., New York University School of Law
- 1981,
B.A., The Johns Hopkins University
- 1981,
BTL, Ner Israel Rabbinical College
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