Mark Baldwin > Brown Rudnick LLP > Hartford, United States > Lawyer Profile

Brown Rudnick LLP
185 ASYLUM STREET
HARTFORD, CT 06103
CONNECTICUT
United States

Position

Mark Baldwin practices primarily in the areas of complex commercial, corporate, and environmental litigation. During his career, he has tried over one hundred jury and bench trials. As litigation counsel, he represents some of the country’s largest corporations, as well as their officers, directors and shareholder. Mark has substantial experience in representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies throughout the country, including matters concerning securities fraud, contractual indemnification claims, earn-outs, post-closing adjustments, escrow disputes, customer disputes, and environmental issues. In addition, Mark has defended several large corporations and financial institutions against class action claims and shareholder derivative suits; these actions have included claims based on alleged violations of the federal securities laws, products liability claims, and environmental and toxic tort issues.

Mark also represents health care providers in actions asserting claims for fraud, mismanagement and corporate misconduct. He has successfully prosecuted and defended a number of appeals in the State of Connecticut, the Second and Seventh Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: plaintiff

Brown Rudnick LLP has a small but active M&A and private equity litigation practice that handles cases in federal and state courts across the country, including the Delaware Court of Chancery and in the Southern District of New York. It is also frequently involved in matters concerning representations and warranties insurance in private M&A transactions, which sees it handle proceedings in both domestic and foreign arbitral forums. Dylan Kletter, who works from both New York and Hartford, co-leads the practice with Hartford-based Mark Baldwin. They handle a broad range of matters, among them fraud claims, earnout disputes, and pre- and post-closing litigation. Kletter recently acted for Prospect Medical in a dispute related to its $180m acquisition of a non-profit hospital network in Connecticut.

United States > Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense

Brown Rudnick LLP, whose team in this area is based predominantly in Hartford, has an active M&A and private equity group that frequently handles high-stakes litigation arising from its clients’ transactions. Active in federal and state courts across the country, including the Delaware Court of Chancery and in the Southern District of New York. lead partners Mark Baldwin and Dylan Kletter are key advisers to private equity firms, large corporations and company founders, notably in the increasingly important area of matters involving representations and warranties insurance (RWI), though equally in earn-out disputes, material adverse change matters and more. Kletter and counsel Anthony Boccamazzo recently assisted SPay Inc in a dispute over its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of internet media company Stack Media, in which plaintiffs allege fraud and misrepresentation.