Mark Kaufman is a member of Sutherland’s Corporate Practice Group, concentrating in the areas of corporate and securities law.
Mark represents companies in a wide variety of businesses including consumer and industrial products, finance, fulfillment, health care, hospitality, insurance, payment systems, manufacturing, quick-service restaurants and textiles. Mark has extensive experience with fast-growth companies including their start-up, financing, and public offering and sale.
Mark represents public and private corporations in mergers and acquisitions and has worked on more than 50 transactions in the past several years. He is also experienced in acquiring businesses in Europe and Latin America.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Serving as lead mergers and acquisitions attorney for:
- The acquisitions by Spectrum Brands, Inc. (formerly Rayovac Corporation) of:
- VARTA, AG, a German battery company, for approximately $250 million;
- Remington Products Company, a U.S. shaving and grooming products company, for approximately $325 million;
- Tetra GmbH, a German pet food company, for approximately $500 million;
- United Industries Corporation, a U.S. and Canadian lawn, garden and
pet-care products company, for approximately $1.1 billion;
- The $910 million sale of Spectrum’s pet-care products business (terminated prior to closing); and
- Spectrum’s combination with Russell Hobbs, Inc., forming a new global consumer products company with estimated annual revenues of $3 billion.
- ING’s sale of The Life Insurance Company of Georgia for approximately $250 million.
- The sale of RTM Restaurant Group, Inc. (the largest Arby’s franchisee) to Triarc for approximately $727 million.
- The special committee of Cumulus Media Inc. in the proposed $1.3 billion acquisition of Cumulus by an investor group led by Cumulus’ CEO and an affiliate of Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity (terminated prior to closing). Cumulus is the second-largest radio company, based on station count.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
- Recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers in the area of corporate mergers and acquisitions
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of mergers, acquisitions and buyouts
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of corporate law and mergers and acquisitions law
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers®
- Named among the “Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend magazine
- Selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who Legal – Georgia, Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World
- One of only five Georgia attorneys named to the International Who’s Who of Merger and Acquisition Lawyers
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Served for 20 years as legal counsel to the Atlanta Bar Association
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Author, “Mergers,” Business Organizations with Tax Planning, Matthew Bender & Co. (2011)
- Author, “Sales of Assets Transactions,” Business Organizations with Tax Planning, Matthew Bender & Co. (2011)
- Author, “The Acquisition Agreement,” Business Organizations with Tax Planning, Matthew Bender & Co. (2010)
- Author, “Legal Thoughts for Franchisors Purchasing Restaurants from Troubled Franchisees,” Restaurant Finance Monitor (April 16, 2009)
- Co-author, “M&A Report,” Restaurant Finance Monitor (June 19, 2008)
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