Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring

“Mark Collins is one of the most respected lawyers in the Delaware bankruptcy Bar. He is simply outstanding” (Chambers USA, 2025).

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.

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

Recognition

American College of Bankruptcy, Fellow Chambers USA, since 2003 Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020 The Best Lawyers in America, since 2001; Wilmington, DE Banking and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year, 2025; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights Lawyer of the Year, 2026, 2024, 2015, 2014, 2012 Super Lawyers, since 2007; Top Ten, 2025, 2024, 2021, 2020, 2010-2017 Who’s Who Legal, Thought Leader in Restructuring and Insolvency, since 2017 IFLR1000 Delaware Today Top Lawyer, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013; Top Vote Getter, Bankruptcy, 2015, 2013 Turnaround Management Association, Large Company – Transaction of the Year Award, 2012

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

Bar Admissions

Delaware, 1991 United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit United States District Court, District of Delaware

Education

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