A. Mark Getachew is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department, focusing on public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity/venture capital transactions and general corporate and securities law matters.
Mark has represented a broad range of clients in connection with a variety of matters, including the following (among others):
- ForgeLight LLC in its acquisition with Searchlight Capital Partners of a majority interest in Univision, a leading Spanish language media company in the United States
- Veeam Software in a $500 million investment by Insight Venture Partners in Veeam
- Moore Frères & Company in its acquisition of Opera TV, the global leader in enabling the TV and media industry's transition to over-the-top (OTT) content
- C2 Special Situations Group, LLC in connection with several solar energy and related transactions
- An affiliate of Solus Alternative Asset Management in connection with an exchange offer related to the chapter 11 case of Adelphia Communications
- Wallapop in connection with its merger with letgo in the United States
- Battelle Memorial Institute in connection with its sale of Bluefin Robotics to General Dynamics Mission Systems
- Macquarie Group Limited in connection with its acquisition of Advantage Funding Management Co., Inc.
- Motus Integrated Technologies, an affiliate of Atlas Holdings LLC, in connection with its acquisition of the headliner and sun visor business of Johnson Controls, Inc. in North America and Europe
- Macquarie Capital in connection with a consortium investment into the joint venture for American Express’ Global Business Travel division
- Thales Group in connection with its acquisition of LiveTV from JetBlue Airways
- Runa Capital in multiple venture capital and private equity financings
- Loral Space & Communications Inc. in connection with the sale of its satellite manufacturing unit, Space Systems/Loral, to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.
- Ventas, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Cogdell Spencer Inc.
- Peter J. Solomon Company, in connection with Chico’s FAS, Inc.’s acquisition of Boston Proper Inc.
- Ticket Monster in connection with its sale to LivingSocial
- Zurich Financial Service Group in connection with its long-term alliance in Latin America with Banco Santander SA
- Avecia Biotechnology, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by Nitto Denko Corporation
- Centerview Partners LLC in connection with Ventas, Inc.’s acquisition of Nationwide Health Properties, Inc.
- Soros Fund Management in connection with various investments
- Farmers Group, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of AIG’s Personal Auto Group, which includes 21st Century Insurance Co.
- Jackson Products, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by Kimberly-Clark Corporation
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited in connection with its acquisition of Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- The Topps Company, Inc. in connection with its sale to an investment vehicle formed by Michael Eisner’s The Tornante Company LLC and private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
- Macquarie Capital Group in connection with the acquisition of the Rossignol Group from Quiksilver, Inc. by an investment vehicle formed by Macquarie and Jarden Corporation
- Loral Space & Communications Inc. in connection with its formation and capitalization of a Canadian joint venture with a large Canadian pension fund and the acquisition of Telesat Canada
- Jarden Corporation in connection with its acquisition of K2, Inc.
- Jarden Corporation in connection with its acquisition of American Household, Inc.
- Jarden Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Bicycle Holding, Inc.
- Donald J. Trump in connection with the reorganization of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc.
- Members of the Fortunoff family in connection with the sale of the Fortunoff department stores to an investment vehicle formed by Trimaran Capital Partners and K Group
- Techtronic Industries, Co. Ltd. in connection with its acquisition of the “Hoover” brand vacuum and floor care business from Maytag Corporation
- Ventas, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of assisted living and nursing home facilities from affiliates of the Reichmann family
- MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company in connection with its acquisition of PacifiCorp and related bond financing
- Green Tree Servicing LLC in connection with its acquisition of the loan servicing platform assets of Origen Financial, Inc.
- The Philadelphia Stock Exchange in connection with its historic demutualization
- FundsXpress, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by First Data Corp.
Mark serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Eagle Academy Foundation, a charitable organization that assists traditional public college preparatory schools in socioeconomically challenged communities.