Mark A. Carter
Partner, Attorney at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
About
Mark A. Carter works on mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, private financings, and business restructurings for public and private companies, start-ups, and emerging brands. His industries include construction, healthcare, motor fuel, steel fabrication, telecommunications, and food and beverage. He counsels directors, managers, and partners on what their roles require of them and builds governance processes for their companies, and he structures distressed acquisitions and guides companies through restructurings and dissolutions. He earned his JD from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1988. For financial institutions and lenders, he prepares middle-market loan documents and handles secured transactions, workouts, and collateral dispositions. Business entity formation, governance, and operations are central to his practice, and he draws on them when he structures an acquisition.
Who is a good fit for Mark A. Carter
- Owners of food and beverage companies planning a merger or a disposition.
- Healthcare companies negotiating an acquisition or a disposition.
- Buyers structuring the acquisition of a distressed business.
Education and admissions
- Education
- University of Illinois College of Law, JD, 1988
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., 1985
- Bar admissions
- Illinois, Massachusetts
Recognition
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law, 2023 – 2026
- Leading Lawyer, Bankruptcy & Workout Law: Commercial, 2015 – 2025
- Illinois Super Lawyers magazine, 2005 – 2006
Specialties
Representative matters
As described on the firm’s website.
- Achieved a multi-unit restaurant sale across Northern Illinois on behalf of a franchisor, ensuring compliance and favorable terms throughout the transaction.
- Enabled smooth cross-border supply chain financing for a US affiliate of an international wholesale meat importer by designing and documenting loan processes from offshore delivery to final US operations.
- Facilitated the successful acquisition of a steel galvanizing facility in Northern Indiana by documenting a complex credit facility for the acquiring lender. (lender side)
- Enabled multi-million dollar financing across diverse US industries by structuring and documenting and receivables-based loans for automobile suppliers, steel manufacturers and processors, and medical service providers.
- Secured 80 percent recovery for a secured creditor by obtaining denial of confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan after a contested confirmation hearing.
- Restructured a 400-unit condominium development across 12 buildings through a lone settlement with the FDIC after the lender defaulted on a performing credit facility.
Deal profile
- Typical deal size
- Any deal size
- Remote work
- In-person / regional