Mark M. Mendez
Head of Derivatives & Structured Products, advising on a wide range of financial transactions and securities offerings. A 2025 American Lawyer “Dealmaker of the Year.”
Mark is head of our Derivatives & Structured Products practice and a member of our Capital Markets practice. He advises investment banks, corporations and hedge funds in the structuring, negotiation and execution of a wide variety of financial transactions and securities offerings.
Mark’s experience spans all types of convertible, exchangeable and equity-linked offerings. His work also includes all types of OTC equity derivatives, including forward sales, structured stock buybacks and hedging transactions. He also advises on affiliate margin loans.
The American Lawyer named Mark a 2025 “Dealmaker of the Year” for his role advising the underwriters on Boeing’s $24.25 billion equity and equity-linked offerings, the largest-ever U.S. follow-on equity offering. Chambers USA ranks Mark in Band 1 for derivatives and as a Star Individual for convertible debt. A client quoted by Chambers says, “Mark is our go-to first call for any complex or novel issue or any deal that absolutely must be done.”
Experience
- An issuer on its offering of equity units, initially consisting of shares of its cumulative perpetual convertible preferred stock and contracts to purchase a variable number of shares of its common stock.
- BofA Securities, Deutsche Bank Securities and Morgan Stanley on an offering of “green” convertible senior notes by MP Materials Corp., a former special purpose acquisition company, for $690 million.
- Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan on an offering by PG&E Corporation of equity units for total net proceeds of approximately $1.186 billion.
- Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley on an offering by the 2020 Cash Mandatory Exchangeable Trust of its 2020 Cash Mandatory Exchangeable Trust Securities for $2 billion.
- JPMorgan on an offering of 2020 mandatory exchangeable trust securities exchangeable into Class A common stock of Chewy, Inc. for $690 million.
- Forward purchasers/forward sellers on forward sale agreements relating to shares of New Jersey Resources Corporation’s common stock in connection with an SEC-registered offering of such common stock for $235 million.
- Morgan Stanley on the execution of forward sale agreements with an affiliate of 3G Capital Partners relating to the sale of $3.01 billion of common shares of Restaurant Brands International Inc.
- JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs on offerings by multiple finance subsidiaries of IAC/InterActiveCorp of exchangeable senior notes for $1.66 billion, and the counterparties to the exchangeable note hedge and warrant transactions entered into in connection with such offerings.
- Forward purchasers/forward sellers on an at-the-market forward sale program relating to the common stock of Entergy Corporation for up to $1 billion.
- BofA Securities, JPMorgan and Citibank on an offering by II-VI Incorporated of shares of its 6.00% mandatory convertible preferred stock for $460 million.
- Numerous issuers and bank counterparties on structured stock buyback transactions, including uncollared, capped and collared accelerated share repurchase transactions, prepaid put transactions and enhanced open market repurchase transactions.
- Numerous shareholders and bank counterparties on equity hedging transactions, including collar and variable share forward transactions and hedging transactions related to classes of Visa Inc. capital stock.
Insights
Recognition
American Lawyer – “Dealmaker of the Year,” 2025
Chambers USA – Derivatives, Band 1
Chambers Global – Capital Markets: Derivatives, USA, Band 1
Chambers USA – Capital Markets: Convertible Debt, Star Individual
IFLR1000 – Capital Markets (Derivatives, Equity, Structured Finance and Securitisation), United States, Highly Regarded
Legal 500 U.S. – Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
Education
- Articles and Commentaries Editor, Harvard Law Review
- summa cum laude
Clerkships
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York