Hanson, Mark L.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mark Hanson heads the Capital Markets practice in the Atlanta Office. His practice primarily involves representing publicly and privately held companies in the United States and overseas, as well as investment banks, in complex financings and other corporate transactions. He has significant experience in representing and counseling issuers in public offerings, as well as in mergers, acquisitions, debt restructurings and recapitalizations, tender offers for debt and equity securities, and other securities-based transactions. He is also experienced in advising boards of directors with respect to corporate governance, disclosure and fiduciary duty issues, and in representing underwriters in public offerings of securities. Mark's international finance experience includes the representation of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers and financial intermediaries in ADR transactions, as well as Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings. Mark represents both emerging growth and mature companies that are involved in all facets of the media and entertainment, broadcasting, telecommunications, and information technology industries.

Corporate clients that Mark has represented include Cumulus Media, Eastman Chemical Company, Flowers Foods, Hagemeyer N.V., International Textile Group, Nextel Communications, WL Ross & Co., and World Kitchen. Among the investment banks he has represented are Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase (formerly Chase H&Q), and Morgan Stanley.

Mark is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the District of Columbia Bar. He is active in civic affairs and has served on the board of directors of Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

Areas of Practice

• Capital Markets
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• M&A

Representative Cases

• 1st Franklin Financial issues $100 million of Variable Rate Subordinated Debentures in a public offering , (2009)
• 1st Franklin Financial issues $800 million of Senior Demand Notes in various shelf takedown public offerings , (2009)
• China Shenzhou issues $28 million of Senior Secured Convertible Notes in a PIPE private placement
• Cumulus Media completes $227 million public offering of Class A Common Stock
• Cumulus Media completes exchange offer of $250 million of Senior Subordinated Notes by CMP Susquehanna Corporation
• Cumulus Media completes self tender offer of $200 million of Equity Shares
• Cumulus Media completes shelf registration of $204 million of Class A Common Stock
• Cumulus Media completes tender offer and exit consent solicitation of $110 million of Senior Subordinated Notes , (2009)
• Cumulus Media implements $100 million stock repurchase programs
• Cumulus Media launches exchange offer , (2009)
• Eastman Chemical Company sells Genencor for $487 million , (2009)
• Eastman Chemical completes $250 million public offering of 6.30% Notes, underwritten by Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and Deutsche Bank Securities , (2009)
• Eastman Chemical completes a public offering shelf takedown of $250 million of 3.25% Notes
• Eastman Chemical completes public offering of $250 million of 5.500% Notes due 2019
• Eastman Chemical completes public offering of $400 million of 7% Notes due 2012, underwritten by J.P. Morgan Securities
• Eastman Chemical completes universal shelf registration of $1 billion of Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Warrants, Stock Purchase Contracts, Stock Purchase Units, Debt Securities, and Units
• Elekta AB acquires IMPAC for $183 million , (2009)
• Elekta completes private placement to U.S. institutional investors for $125 million of Senior Notes , (2009)
• Flowers Industries completes $200 million fixed spread tender offer for outstanding debentures
• Investor group completes a PIPE private placement for $18.2 million of Convertible Notes and Warrants
• Lewis Dickey-led investor group attempts acquisition of Cumulus Media , (2009)
• Textile manufacturer restructures $155 million debt , (2009)
• WL Ross acquires OCM India
• WL Ross merges portfolio companies and forms International Textile Group
• WL Ross sells BST Safety Textiles to International Textile
• World Kitchen closes $438 million exit financing
• World Kitchen goes into bankruptcy

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Georgia

Education

• Northwestern University
• U of Virginia- C'ville (Main)

Published Works

• Earnings Releases: Securities Law Considerations, 2010
• SEC Maintains Status Quo in Shareholder Access, 2007
• SEC Releases Shareholder Access Proposals, 2007

Address

1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.,
Suite 800
Atlanta, GA 30309-3053

Phones

1.404.581.8573 (Business Phone)

Faxes

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