Mark F. McElreath

• Represented a biopharmaceutical startup in a reverse merger in conjunction with a private placement of common stock.
• Represented one of the largest mall operators in Europe in its $112.5 million purchase of a 29 percent stake in a U.S. shopping-center giant and publicly traded REIT.
• Represented a large asset management company in a public offering of $400 million of common shares and in a $100 million debt tender offer of outstanding notes.
• Represented a nationwide hospital operator in a series of public offerings of senior notes.
• Represented an international payment processing company in a recapitalization of its business, including a significant private equity investment.

Mark McElreath focuses his capital markets practice on debt and equity securities offerings, both domestic and cross-border, corporate governance, and public and private mergers and acquisitions activities. 

Mark has handled a wide variety of securities matters, including basic initial public and follow-on offerings of equity securities, as both issuer and underwriter’s counsel; Rule 144A and registered offerings of debt securities and exchange offers for debt securities; and public and private tender offers of equity and debt securities. In addition, Mark has specific industry experience covering health care, particularly biopharmaceuticals.

Mark’s mergers and acquisitions experience includes public and private company transactions in a variety of industries and settings, including cross-border business combinations. He has particular experience in mergers and acquisitions activities in the biopharmaceutical and payment processing industries.  

Mark is listed in The Best Lawyers in America^© and Super Lawyers magazine. Mark served for several years as co-chair of the firm’s corporate practice area, which includes its corporate, energy, finance, health care, real estate, and public policy groups. 

Bar Admissions

• New York
• District of Columbia
• Georgia

Education

• Columbia University (J.D., 1991)
• Mercer University (B.B.A., 1987)