Mark Fucci retired from the partnership at the end of 2017. Having focused on cross-border matters from the firm’s Hong Kong office, Mark has substantial experience in restructurings, insolvencies and complex financial transactions.

Before moving to Asia, Mark advised on a number of high-profile restructurings, including representing the ad hoc committee of senior secured lenders in the Delta Air Lines Chapter 11 case.

Representative Work

Advised an ad hoc group of holders of convertible bonds issued by a subsidiary of an IDX listed Indonesian company in the coal industry, PT Bumi Resources Tbk, in connection with a proposed restructuring of the group’s liabilities.
Assisted a steering committee of holders in the restructuring of $309 million of notes issued by Winsway Enterprises Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE)-listed and British Virgin Islands (BVI)-incorporated company with a substantial business in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the processing and trading of coking coal and other products.
Counseled an ad hoc group of bondholders in respect of the $500 million of 7.5 percent 2020 bonds issued by China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd., an HKSE listed cement manufacturing company with substantial operations in the PRC, following, among other things, a monetary default in the bonds.
Represented the agent in the restructuring of a syndicated loan to Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, a leading global entertainment company.
Advised an ad hoc committee of bondholders in the corporate reorganization of Elpida Memory Inc. and its affiliate Akita Elpida Inc. This matter is among the largest bankruptcy filing in Japan and involves one of the world’s largest dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chip makers.

Education
J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law, 1977
B.A., Lafayette College, magna cum laude, 1973

Bar Admissions
Connecticut
New York
Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong

Recognitions

Chambers Asia, Restructuring and Insolvency, 2013 to 2018.
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Restructuring and Insolvency, 2013 to 2018.
IFLR 1000, Restructuring and Insolvency, 2012 to 2018.

Speeches and Publications

Speaker, “Strategies to Survive or Thrive: New Thinking in Tackling the Current Commercial and Financial Issues Facing Oil & Gas Related Companies,” Asia Pacific Legal Retreat (Oil & Gas Council), Singapore, July 2016.
Speaker, “Unlocking Value in the PRC: The Changing Nature of Restructurings on the Mainland,” Turnaround Management Association (TMA) Symposium, Hong Kong, October 2014.
Speaker, “ASIFMA Asia Restructuring Conference, Hong Kong,” November 2013.
Speaker, “Nikkei Distressed M&A Seminar, Japan,” Business Opportunities in Distressed M&A, December 2009.
Speaker, “Distressed & Troubled Asset Investing Summit,” Key Lessons from Japanese Restructurings, Tokyo, November 2009.
Speaker, ”Euromoney’s Distressed Debt Asia Conference,” Will there be Distressed Debt Opportunities in the Asian Aviation Sector?”, Hong Kong, June 2009.
Speaker, “Euromoney’s Distressed Debt Symposium,” Japan’s Restructuring and Insolvency System in Global Context, Hong Kong, May 2008.