Mr. Mark Desgrosseilliers

Mark Desgrosseilliers is a partner with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP in Wilmington, Del., where he focuses his practice in the areas of Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring. His experience includes representing public and nonpublic debtor corporations, debtor-in-possession lenders, secured and unsecured creditors, vendors and asset-purchasers in bankruptcy and corporate restructuring mat- ters. Immediately prior to joining Womble Carlyle, Mr. Desgrosseilliers was instrumental in developing active restructuring and debtor practices, where he was critical in preparing debtors for bankruptcy fil- ing and first-day, possession financing and sale hearings. He was also previously corporate restructuring counsel at a large global firm, where he represented public and nonpublic corporations before the U.S. Bankruptcy and District Courts for the District of Delaware. He also represented clients before the East- ern District of Michigan, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. His significant nondebtor representations included work on behalf of lenders, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, vendors and asset-purchasers in bank- ruptcy cases. Mr. Desgrosseilliers is knowledgeable in numerous issues in connection with debtor repre- sentation, including post-petition lien requests, equitable subordination, environmental issues, director and officer liability, deepening insolvency, the doctrine of necessity and recharacterization of loans as equity. He received his B.A. in 1994 in English and biology from Johns Hopkins University and his J.D. in 1999 with honors from the University of Maryland School of Law.