Mark is a seasoned leader at the helm of our Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group, bringing over 25 years of invaluable experience in guiding clients through complex financial distress matters. With a proven track record of delivering innovative, business-oriented solutions, Mark is renowned for his goal-driven approach to problem-solving. Clients rely on his creative, pragmatic, and strategic perspective, which he seamlessly integrates into every engagement, ensuring optimal outcomes.
Mark has represented a broad spectrum of client interests including:
- counseling companies in various states of financial distress inside (including bankruptcy, state and federal receiverships and assignments for the benefit of creditors) and outside of court proceedings;
- counseling acquirers of distressed assets and businesses inside and outside of court proceedings;
- counseling fiduciaries, including trustees, receivers, chief restructuring officers, assignees and boards of directors;
- counseling secured and unsecured holder of funded debt at various layers in a borrower’s capital structure;
- counseling major suppliers and customers;
- counseling official committees of unsecured creditors; and
- counseling holders of ownership interests.
Throughout his career, Mark has navigated a diverse array of business sectors, lending his expertise to a multitude of industries. His recent restructuring engagements have spanned an extensive spectrum, including automotive, metals, plastics, tool & die, manufacturing, coal mining, oil & gas, healthcare, restaurant franchises, as well as transportation and logistics. Mark’s breadth of experience across these sectors underscores his versatility and depth of knowledge in guiding clients through multifaceted challenges.
Experience
- Representation of an original equipment manufacturer in the Takata bankruptcy cases (U.S. BK DE).
- Representation of a state court receiver for the largest utility recycling company in the U.S. (Washington).
- Representation of an acquirer of a paper mill operator out of a state court receivership (Wisconsin).
- Representation of the liquidating trustee to Intermet Corporation and its affiliated debtors (US BK DE).
- Representation of the official committee of unsecured creditors of Max & Erma’s, Inc. restaurant chain (US BK WDPA).
- Representation of the acquirer of substantially all assets out of the Schutt Sports, Inc. bankruptcy (US BK DE).
- Representation of Weirton Steel Corporation as debtor in possession (US BK NDWV).
- Representation of emergence lender from Appvion, Inc. bankruptcy (US BK DE).
- Capital University Law SchoolJD1993
- Miami UniversityBS1990
Member, Bankruptcy Division, Allegheny County Bar Association
Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
- Guest, "Solving a Distressed Business’s Balance Sheet Problems, With Robert Orr and Mark Freedlander ," Deal-by-Deal: An Independent Sponsor Podcast, December 12, 2024
- Guest, "How Sponsors Can Avoid Liability with Mark Freedlander," The Professor’s Corner, November 21, 2022
- Guest, "The Liability Implications of Financial Challenges in Portfolio Companies with Mark Freedlander," The Professor’s Corner, October 28, 2022
- Co-moderator, "Healthcare and Bankruptcy: Don’t Fear the Reaper," 15th Annual Healthcare Finance and Growth Conference, September 15, 2022
- Moderator, Adapting, Preparing and Succeeding in Virtual Litigation in a COVID-19 World, December 17, 2020
- Speaker, "Dealing with Distressed Healthcare Transactions - Part II," Across the Table, A Healthcare Private Equity Podcast, Podcast Series, June 14, 2020
- Speaker, "Dealing with Distressed Healthcare Transactions and Acquisitions," Across the Table, A Healthcare Private Equity Podcast, March 23, 2020
- Speaker, Challenges, Risks and New Developments in the Distressed Oil & Gas Industry, McGuireWoods LLP Webinar and Live Presentation, March 30, 2016
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2006-2025; Litigation – Bankruptcy, 2019-2025, Woodward/White, Inc.
Selected for inclusion in America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Pennsylvania, Chambers USA, 2015-2024
Selected for inclusion in The Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers, 2020, 2022
Named to Pennsylvania “Super Lawyers,” Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2006-2007, 2009-2019
Named to “Outstanding Bankruptcy Lawyers Under the Age of 40,” Turnaround & Workouts, 2004
- Author, SVB Receivership and Related Disruption: an Evolving Situation, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, March 13, 2023
- Author, Fifth Circuit: Make-Whole Premiums Should Be Disallowed in Bankruptcy, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, November 14, 2022
- Author, Texas Bankruptcy Ruling Reinforces Dedication Clauses in Gas-Gathering Agreements, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, January 10, 2020
- Co-author, "Surviving Economic Headwinds," Journal of Corporate Renewal, April 2013