Mark S. Kingsley

Mark Kingsley represents clients in a variety of business transactions, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other public and private equity and debt investments on behalf of public and private companies, private equity funds, and other investors. As part of his M&A practice, Mr. Kingsley represents buyers and sellers of both healthy and financially-distressed businesses. His clients invest in a broad range of industries, including aerospace and defense, government contractors, and life sciences.

Mr. Kingsley has significant experience in capital restructurings, including debt-to-equity conversions, both in and outside of bankruptcy proceedings. He has also represented clients in capital-raising transactions, including public and private debt and equity offerings.

He also advises public and private companies of various sizes on day-to-day general corporate and governance matters.

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Strategic Materials, Inc., one of North America’s largest glass recyclers, in its sale to Sibelco, the European leader in glass recycling.
American Securities, a private equity firm with more than US$27 billion in assets under management, in its sale of Milk Specialties Global, a leader in human and animal nutrition, to Butterfly, a California-based private equity firm.
GardaWorld Federal Services, a provider of security, medical, logistics, and mission support to U.S. Federal, State, and Local Government and commercial customers, in its acquisition of Ellipse Global, a leading provider of rapid response, full‐service, turn‐key mobile base camps and mobile catering services throughout the United States and Canada.
Borden Dairy Company, the iconic dairy processor, in connection with the sale of substantially all of its assets through a 363 sale in Chapter 11, in a transaction valued at approximately $340 million.
Onex Corporation, a private equity firm with approximately US$50 billion in assets under management, in several transactions, including:
- the sale of Carestream Health Inc.’s digital dental imaging business to funds managed by Clayton Dubilier & Rice and CareCapital Advisors; and
- its acquisition of Boeing’s commercial aerostructures production facilities in Kansas and Oklahoma for $1.2 billion, forming Spirit AeroSystems.

The Beekman Group, a private equity firm and one of the largest franchisee networks in the Dunkin’ Brands system, in several acquisitions and dispositions of Dunkin’ franchises.
American Securities in its acquisition and subsequent sale of specialty paper coating and finishing company FiberMark Inc. to Neenah Paper Inc., a leading global specialty materials company.
Charles B. Wang in his three-stage sale of the New York Islanders Hockey Club to an investor group led by Scott Malkin and Jon Ledecky.
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. in the sale of its Gulfstream wing work packages and related assets at Spirit's Tulsa, Oklahoma facility, to Triumph Group, Inc.
BioTime, Inc., a developer of new products in the field of regenerative medicine utilizing stem cells, in its acquisition of stem cell assets from Geron Corporation, a biotechnology company, forming Asterias BioTherapeutics.
Bank of America in the two-part sale, along with a co-investor, of a combined 53% stake in Archstone, an apartment REIT, to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., totaling $2.9 billion.

Ad hoc group of term lenders to Strategic Materials, Inc., one of North America’s largest glass recyclers, in a debt-to-equity restructuring through Chapter 11 cases.
Ad hoc group of term lenders to Cineworld Group, the world’s second-largest cinema chain, in the restructuring of more than US$5 billion of funded debt and funding of over US$2.2 billion in debt and equity exit financing in Chapter 11 cases.
Ad hoc group of lenders to Genera Energy, a private equity-backed manufacturer of fiber products, in an out-of-court restructuring and sale of the business.
Ad hoc group of term lenders to Libbey Inc., one of the world's largest table glass and stemware manufacturers, in the company's restructuring and Chapter 11 cases.
Borden Dairy Company, the iconic dairy processor, in connection with the 363 sale of substantially all of its assets, following a 10-day "virtual" auction (one of the first of its kind) involving multiple bidders, in a transaction valued at approximately $340 million.

Solar panel manufacturer in an out-of-court restructuring of its funded liabilities and a recapitalization of its balance sheet by certain of its senior secured lenders.
Ad hoc group of senior term lenders to Acosta, Inc., a full-service sales and marketing company for consumer packaged goods companies that had approximately $3 billion of prepetition debt on its balance sheet, in a debt-to-equity restructuring through prepackaged Chapter 11 cases.
Ad hoc group of term lenders to iHeartMedia, Inc., the owner and operator of the largest group of radio stations in the United States, with respect to the company's restructuring of approximately $20 billion in indebtedness through Chapter 11 cases.
PDM Bridge, a fabricator of steel components for bridges, in its out-of-court restructuring and sale to a distressed investor through a foreclosure.

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December 9, 2020

Arnold & Porter Successfully Negotiates Rescue Loan for Cineworld on Behalf of Steering Committee of Term Loan Lenders

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