Mark Duedall

Practice Areas

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Mark I. Duedall concentrates his practice in bankruptcy and insolvency issues, with a particular emphasis on advising clients with consumer and household products, retail, food and beverage, mass tort, manufacturing, health care, and energy matters.

Mr. Duedall resides in Baker Donelson's Atlanta office and is a member of the Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Group. With nearly 30 years of representing acquirers, debtors, secured and mezzanine lenders, creditors' committees, receivers, independent directors, and other financial advisors, Mr. Duedall's clients rely on his extensive experience and knowledge in all bankruptcy and insolvency engagements and litigation matters.

Mr. Duedall currently serves as outside counsel to several food-related and consumer product businesses, including branded producers, contract manufacturers, and food distributors. His nationwide food and beverage practice includes more than 50 workouts, complex financings, acquisitions, and restructurings. Mr. Duedell has a deep understanding of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), and his writings in this complex area have been cited extensively. During his legal career, he has been involved in numerous PACA cases representing debtors, lenders, and suppliers.

Additionally, Mr. Duedall has experience handling corporate matters, such as acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, and financial transactions. At his former Am Law 100 firm, Mr. Duedall was part of a team that won the "Special Situations M&A Deal of the Year" at the 2021 Turnaround Atlas Awards. He co-led an expedited 40-day Section 363 sale process in the client's Chapter 11 cases, which required 72-hour negotiation of debtor in possession financing and creation of solutions to address first-in-time issues.