Mark E. MacDonald

Mark E. MacDonald Member

Mark MacDonald is a nationally and internationally recognized bankruptcy expert with 35 years of experience in structuring business transactions, documentation, and legal opinions in complex finance transactions, bankruptcy litigation and commercial litigation. MacDonald has been listed in Best Lawyers in America in every edition since its first publication, is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, a Master of the American Inns of Court, was one of the early directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute, and has been listed by Euromoney in several editions of its Guide to the World's Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers. He chaired the American Bar Association Business Bankruptcy Committees' Chapter 11 Subcommittee, the Secured Creditor Subcommittee and the Executory Contractors Subcommittee. MacDonald has lectured throughout the United States on bankruptcy, secured transactions, oil and gas, intellectual property, and municipal finance, has published many articles on bankruptcy and is the co-creator of the Restructuring Toolkit software.

Background

Senior Bankruptcy Partner, North America at Baker & McKenzie, 1995-1998
Founder, Chair of Bankruptcy Practice at Johnson & Swanson/Gibbs/Wortley, 1983-1995
Co-founding partner of Bankruptcy group at Sidley & Austin, Chicago, 1972-1983

Member

Best Lawyers in America, 1984 to present
American Bar Association Business Bankruptcy Committee, 1975 to present
Subcommittee Chairman Specialization, 1977-1978
Subcommittee Chairman, Executory Contracts, 1981-1988
Subcommittee Chairman, Secured Creditors, 1989-1992
Subcommittee Chairman, Chapter 11, 1993-1996
American Bankruptcy Institute, 1983 to present; Director 1983-1990
Fellow: American College of Bankruptcy, 1991 to present
College State Bar of Texas, 1994 to present
Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation, 1994 to present
Guide to the World's Leading Insolvency Lawyers, 1996
INSOL
American Arbitration Association
Who's Who International
International Bar Association

Education

Northwestern University, B.A., with honors, 1964; J.D., with honors, 1967. Phi Beta Kappa; Northwestern University Order of the Coif; Northwestern University Law Review, 1966-1967; Editorial Board, Law & Society: Weymouth Kirkland Scholar, Russell Sage Scholar
Certified Mediator

Author

Author of over 40 articles.

MacDonald & MacDonald, Restructuring Toolkit Software, 2003
MacDonald & MacDonald, "Defending Fraudulent Conveyance Actions Arising From Payments Settling Disputes Over Corporate Control," (ABA, 2001)
MacDonald & McLeod, "The Law of Executory Contracts: It Ain't What It Used To Be - Or Is It," Critical Issues Under Chapter 11, (ABA/FBA Chi. 1994)
MacDonald, Schreiber and MacDonald, "Confirmation By Cramdown Through The New Value Exception In Single Asset Cases," 1 Am. Bankr. Inst. Rev. 65 (1993) updated and reprinted Single Asset Real Estate Bankruptcies (ABA, 1997)
MacDonald, MacDonald & McLeod, "Chapter 11 As A Dynamic Evolutionary Learning Process In A Market With Fuzzy Values," 1993-1994, Ann. Surv. Bankr. Law.
MacDonald and Perkins, "New Developments In The Plan Process: 1993," Current Problems In Chapter 11 Practice, 588 (Prentice Hall, Batson ed. 1993)
MacDonald, "Bankruptcy and Lien Opinions," 2 Drafting Legal Opinion Letters (John Wiley Sterba ed.s, 1998, 1992)
MacDonald and Agee, "Leveraged Buyouts And Fraudulent Transfers," 2 Acquisitions and Divestitures, 31.001 (Bus. Laws Inc. 1992 ed.)
Panelist with Judges Abramson and Felsenthal, State Bar of Texas, "Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plans," Advanced Business Bankruptcy Course, 1992.
MacDonald, Dorey, and MacDonald, "Reading Tea Leaves: Statutory And Policy Aspects Of New Value," American Bankruptcy Institute, 1992 Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C.
"Prepackaged Plans of Reorganization," State Bar of Texas, Advanced Bankruptcy Strategies and Tactics; 1992