Mark F. Baggio

Undergraduate School
Bachelor of Science in Economics, Creighton University
Graduated in 1982

Law School
Creighton University
Graduated in 1985

Professional Experience:
Mark Baggio is senior counsel in the DuPage County and Chicago offices of Ice Miller. He primarily concentrates his practice in private equity/venture services and corporate mergers and acquisitions. He also focuses his practice in environmental and green development issues.

Baggio assists companies in all aspects of capital finance and enhancing their strategic investments. He works primarily with the business solutions group with an emphasis in general corporate representation and private equity/venture services. Prior to joining Ice Miller, Baggio was a principal in Lison & Griffin PC, as well as general counsel to a NASDAQ global transportation supply company.

Baggio represents and advises clients in a wide range of commercial matters, including mergers, acquisitions, international joint ventures, divestitures, strategic alliances, commercial financings, monetizing non-performing assets, corporate governance, internal investigations and audits, intellectual property enhancement and technology transfers, real estate development, litigation, environmental remediation, labor negotiations, and governmental relations.

Baggio is also a member of the Firm's Green Industries Initiative and counsels clients on issues relating to sustainability and clean technology.

Awards and Recognitions:
Received U.S. General Accounting Office's Special Executive Commendation for recovering $5 billion for work on new loan accounting systems.

Representative Transactions:
Reorganized and divested European operations of a privately-held transportation company to convert annual multi-million euro losses into $7 million royalty payments through technology transfers.

Executed international asset and equity divestiture plan, along with a participation rights arrangement of two Chinese joint ventures, which transformed $8 million in annual domestic losses of an organization's U.S. manufacturing operations into $30 million in future royalty and dividend payments.

Negotiated financing, construction and leasing for over $60 million in “build-to-suit” commercial property developments for a Chicago developer.

Monetized non-performing assets and conducted aggressive antitrust litigation, resulting in over $3 million in revenue for a privately-held corporation.

Merged two companies to form a $1 billion NASDAQ traded manufacturing company to supply domestic and international transportation companies.

Negotiated and prepared all legal documentation with a pre-eminent NYSE listed company to establish the largest North American supply contract of its kind with $100 million in annual revenues for a ten-year period.

Expanded business operations through numerous acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, contract manufacturer and distributor networks, licensing, and technology transfers in Europe, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Thailand, India and China.

Negotiated several subordinated and senior debt and asset-based financings, including a $200 million unsecured line of credit.

Successfully expedited Chapter 11 business reorganization and sale of U.S. operations and foreign subsidiaries within 90 days of filing.

Acquired several Canadian and Mexican operations with private and public financing to totally redesign customer's major product which elevated client to "partner of the year" status with industrial conglomerate.

Drafted and negotiated legislation and action plan in North America for the beneficial re-use of over one million tons of waste sand, resulting in positive cash flow to client while protecting the environment.

Developed a strategy to use loans and non-performing assets to support “under-funded” pension plans, resulting in positive financial impact and saving 7,000 jobs.

Recovered multi-million dollar refunds for private equity firms resulting from excess insurance premiums overcharges.

Managed sophisticated trust liquidation for a large venture capital firm.
Negotiated the interests of various trade associations in the agricultural, beverage and financial services sectors.

Represented the interests of a large non-profit to enhance the business climate and opportunities in Illinois.

Drafted product fire safety regulations adopted in several states.

Represented investment funds in public infrastructure acquisitions.

Obtained advantageous individual revenue bond financing for expansion of business operations.

Services:

close window