Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring

Mark D. Collins, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, is recognized as a leading bankruptcy lawyer both in Delaware and throughout the U.S. Mark has been involved in hundreds of significant bankruptcy cases in Delaware. He has received Chambers’ prestigious Star Individual ranking every year since 2012, with Chambers reporting that Mark “gets strong results for his clients, and his work ethic and skill are top class.”

Mark has served as counsel to hundreds of large, troubled companies, secured creditors, debtor-in-possession lenders, creditors’ committees, boards of directors (including special or independent committees), and acquirers of businesses and assets in large corporate chapter 11 cases, pre-packaged chapter 11 cases, chapter 15 cases, and out-of-court restructurings. He is a frequent lecturer at national corporate restructuring and bankruptcy seminars.

PRACTICES

Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring

Select Experience

Lead Counsel

Anchor Blue Retail Group

Bowe Bell & Howell

Corinthian Colleges

Homer City Generation L.P.

Hoop Holdings (d/b/a The Disney Stores)

Linens n’ Things

Paragon Offshore plc

Phoenix Payment Systems (d/b/a EPX)

Reliant Energy Channelview

ResMAE Mortgage Company

The Rockport Company

Suntech America

Teleglobe Communications Corporation

TerraVia Holdings, Inc.

Urban Brands

WMC Mortgage, LLC

Zany Brainy

Co-Counsel

Advanced Marketing Systems

Allied Systems Holdings

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.

Brooks Brothers

Cal Dive International

Chaparral Energy, Inc.

Elpida Memory

Endeavour Operating Corp.

Energy Future Holdings, Inc.

The Hertz Corporation

Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc.

Gulfmark Offshore, Inc.

Hancock Fabrics, Inc.

Imerys Talc America, Inc.

Insys Therapeutics, Inc.

Mallinckrodt plc

Magna Entertainment, Inc.

New Century Financial Corporation

Quiznos

TerraVia Holdings, Inc.

Takata

Tower Records

Tweeter Entertainment

Verso Corporation

Washington Mutual, Inc.

The Weinstein Company

Presentations

TMA 2017 Symposium—April 20, 2017

2016 TMA Annual For-Profit Education Panel—November 1, 2016

ABI/Georgetown Law – Bankruptcy: 2016 Views from the Bench—October 7, 2016

2016 Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop—August 4, 2016

2016 Distressed Investing Summit—January 27, 2016

88th Annual Conference of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges—October 8, 2014

Southern Bankruptcy Law Institute—March 20, 2014

The Official Receiver’s International Conference on Corporate Insolvency—January 19, 2014

ABI/Georgetown Law – Bankruptcy: 2013 Views from the Bench—September 27, 2013

ABI Mid-Level Professional Development Program—November 9, 2012

Bankruptcy Litigation Advocacy Program—March 11, 2011

6th Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop – Sponsored by the American Bankruptcy Institute—August 5, 2010

Bar Admissions

Delaware, 1991

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

United States District Court, District of Delaware

Leadership

American Bankruptcy Institute; Asset Sales Advisory Committee to the Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11, Co-Chair; Finance & Banking Committee, Past Co-Chair; 40 Under 40 Steering Committee

Delaware State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, Legislation Committee, Co-Chair

American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Business Bankruptcy Committee

Bankruptcy: Views from the Bench, ABI/Georgetown University Law Center, Board of Advisors

American University, Washington College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude

Rutgers University, B.A.