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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
+ 1-212-841-0648 secretary
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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 private equity firm and new portfolio companies; 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 numerous private equity sponsors and portfolio companies in debt restructurings;
- Currently represents unofficial committees of bondholders in major Chapter 11 cases, including Calpine;
- 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 ad hoc group of asset based paper holders in a KKR Financial facility being restructured;
- Represented official committee of unsecured creditors in the Wellman Inc. Chapter 11 cases;
- 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; and
- Represented a principal in a $2 billion real estate workout, avoiding a bankruptcy filing.
Honors & Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America (2009, 2010)
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2008-2009)
- New York Super Lawyers (2006-2009)
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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