Mark Berkoff

About Mark Berkoff

Mark A. Berkoff regularly represents debtors and creditors’ committees in complex commercial Chapter 11 cases in diverse industries (such as media, steel, bank holding companies, automotive, office products, promotional products, retail, metal fabricating, single asset real estate cases, consumer lending, food service and medical). He has handled all aspects of the Chapter 11 proceeding from pre-bankruptcy planning through plan confirmation and post-confirmation matters.Mark is experienced in business reorganizations/restructurings, out-of-court compositions, workouts and liquidations (including liquidations pursuant to Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code). He also represents secured creditors in Chapter 11 proceedings, buyers of assets in and outside of Bankruptcy Court; insurance companies in collecting unpaid pre-petition and post-petition workers’ compensation premiums as administrative and/or priority claims; landlords, directors and officers and trustees. He also has prosecuted and defended involuntary petitions in bankruptcy, represented assignees, handled assignments for the benefit of creditors and prosecuted and defended thousands of preference cases.Mark is recognized in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as one of the country’s leading bankruptcy and insolvency lawyers. Clients call him “simply a great lawyer,” with an “impressive understanding of how to best get a deal done.” He has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law since 2008. Mark was named a Turnaround Management Association (“TMA”) 2010 Mid-Size Transaction of the Year Award recipient, an award that honors professionals who led transactions that, according to the TMA, “rescued companies from the shadow of complete ruin.”

Experience

1. Partner and Chair of the Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice Group

   Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

   Jan 2009 — Present

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  1983

• University of Chicago

  Doctor of Law (J.D.)

  1986

• Harvard Business School

  DLA Piper Harvard Leadership Program

  2007

Skills

• Courts
• Class Actions
• Due Diligence
• Mediation
• Real Estate
• Chapter 11
• Arbitration
• Litigation
• Joint Ventures
• Civil Litigation
• Securities Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Bankruptcy
• Creditors' Rights
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Restructuring
• Debtors
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Law
• Dispute Resolution
• Liquidation
• Chapter 7
• Intellectual Property