Mark D. Bloom

Mark D. Bloom

Mark D. Bloom is a Shareholder in the more than 1,800-lawyer international firm and Co-Chair of the National Business Reorganization & Bankruptcy practice. He is also Co-Managing Shareholder of the firm's Miami office. His diverse experience spanning over 25 years includes all areas of financial restructuring, reorganization and bankruptcy, involving the representation of debtors, trustees, secured and unsecured creditors and official committees, and purchasers of troubled companies and their assets, both in and out of bankruptcy court. Mark was inducted as a Fellow in the prestigious American College of Bankruptcy in 1998. Mark has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1993, and is also listed in both The Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers and The K&A Restructuring Register of America's Top 100 Restructuring Professionals.

Areas of Concentration

· Financial restructurings

· Business reorganizations

· Distress company acquisitions

· Creditors/debtors rights

Significant Representations

· Representation of Fine Air Services Corp. and affiliates, an international air cargo operator, in $275 million in Chapter 11 reorganization.

· Representation of General Development Corporation and affiliates as Debtors in Chapter 11 reorganization of public company with 330,000 creditors and $4 billion in claims.

· Representation of Chapter 7 Trustee for Southeast Banking Corporation, returning over $400 million to creditors from proceeds of litigation settlements with Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and liquidation of other assets.

· Representation of Radice Corporation and affiliates as Debtors in Chapter 11 reorganization of $400 million, NYSE-listed real estate development company with multiple subsidiaries.

· Representation of Styling Technology Corporation and affiliates as Debtors in Chapter 11 proceedings (D. Arizona).

· Representation of Gerald Stevens, Inc., a nationwide flower retailer, in Chapter 11 proceedings.

· Representation of Chapter 11 Trustee for Suncoast Towers South, involving sale of real estate project for $29 million and confirmation of liquidating plan providing return to equity holders.

· Representation of Burt Reynolds and Burt Reynolds Productions as Debtors in successful Chapter 11 reorganizations.

· Representation of the CIT Corporation as secured creditor in Chapter 11 reorganization of Mulberry Phosphates, Inc. (M.D. Fla.)

· Representation of Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., RED Distribution, Inc. and affiliates as creditors in Chapter 11 reorganizations of Luke Records, Inc. and Luther Campbell.

· Representation of Debtors and Official Committees in multiple cases involving prepackaged Chapter 11 plans of reorganization for public companies.

· Representation of Shearson Lehman Hutton as creditor in Chapter 11 reorganization of Koger Properties, Inc. (M.D. Fla.)

· Representation of The Bank of New York as Indenture Trustee in Chapter 11 case of JumboSports, Inc. (M.D. Fla.)

· Representation of and consultation with CIT Group/Equipment Financing in various airline bankruptcies (multiple jurisdictions).

· Representation of Cobb Partners in acquisition of assets from Pan Am bankruptcy (S.D.N.Y.).

· Representation of BayView Financial as largest unsecured creditor in Chapter 11 reorganization of Consolidated Freightways (C.D. California).

· Representation of Interval International, Inc. as creditor in Chapter 11 reorganization of Epic Capital Corporation (D. Delaware).

Professional & Community Involvement

· Fellow (1998 - present), Board of Regents (2003 - 2007), Board of Directors (2007 - ___), American College of Bankruptcy

· Past President, Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida

· United Way of Miami-Dade County

· Past Director, Zoological Society of Florida

· Founding Chair and Master of Ceremonies, Leukemia Society of America Annual Barristers' Bash

· Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 1993 - 2009

· Listed, "Legal Elite," Florida Trend magazine, 2007

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine, 2006 - 2008

· Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy; Eleventh Circuit Regent

· Recommended, PLC Which Lawyer Guide, Restructuring and Insolvency, 2008 - 2009

· The K&A Restructuring Register, America's Top 100

· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2003 - 2008, every edition

· Listed, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 Legal Elite, Florida Trend Magazine, listing of Florida's top attorneys as selected by their peers

· South Florida Legal Guide, "South Florida's Top Lawyers"

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Co-Author, "Chapter 15: The US Cross-border Insolvency Law," PLC Cross-border Restructuring and Insolvency Handbook, Practical Law Company, 2007/2008

· Co-Author, "Reforming Latin American Insolvency Law," PLC Cross-border Restructuring and Insolvency Handbook, Practical Law Company, 2006/2007

· Quoted, "Bankruptcy Lawyers Fear the Stalking-Horse Bidding System in Wilmington, Del., is on the Ropes," The Daily Deal, February 12, 2004

· Co-author, "Saybrook Manufacturing: The Death of Cross Collateralization and the Mootness Doctrine," Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser, September 1992

· Contributing Author, Norton Bankruptcy Law Treatise

Lectures

· Panelist, "Negotiating Out - A Turnaround Lesson," Harvard Business School Turnaround Symposium, April 2007

· Panelist, "Increasing Diversity of Stakeholders," INSOL Annual Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, March 2007

· Panelist, "Hot Topics," American College of Bankruptcy, Washington, D.C., March 2004

· Panelist, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Privilege and Confidentiality in Complex Chapter 11 Cases," National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, San Diego, October 2003

· Panelist, "Multijurisdictional Bankruptcy Practice and the Interface with State Ethics Laws," Annual Meeting of the American Bankruptcy Institute, April 2002

Speeches

· Speaker, Restructuring and Investing Conference, Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors, Shanghai, China, October 21-24, 2007

· Speaker, "Tracing and Recovering Assets across Borders," INSOL New York Seminar, June 2007

· Speaker, "Recent Changes in U.S. Bankruptcy Law," ALI-ABA Lecture Series and Clinics on American Law and Practice, Beijing and Shanghai, China, June 2006

· Speaker, "The United States Court System and Bankruptcy Jurisdiction," and "United States Bankruptcy Law - The Chapter 11 Reorganization Process," ALI-ABA Conference on U.S. Commercial Law & Litigation, Shanghai, China, June 2005

· Speaker and moderator, "Offshore Incorporation - Which Way is the Tide Heading?" INSOL Conference of the Americas, Las Vegas, September 2003

· Speaker and moderator, "Handling a Bankruptcy With Pending Criminal Investigations and Proceedings," ABI Winter Leadership Conference, Palm Springs, December 2003

· Speaker and moderator, "Issues in Cross-Border Turnarounds: Dorothy, We're Not Just in Kansas Anymore!" Turnaround Management Association Annual Conference, 2001

· Speaker, "Reorganizing in a Fishbowl: Representing Debtors in High Profile Chapter 11 Cases," National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, San Francisco, October 1999

· Speaker, "Chapter 11: What's Hot," American Bankruptcy Institute Annual Spring Meeting, 1999

Miscellaneous

· Program Chair, Views from the Bench: Valuation Issues, VALCON 2008, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

· Roundtable Participant, "Latin America Restructuring," Americas Restructuring & Insolvency Review, Financier Worldwide, 2007

Fellow: American College of Bankruptcy (Member: Board of Regents, 2003-2007; Board of Directors, 2007—).