Mark W. Wege

Mark W. Wege was a partner in Dentons' Houston office and a member of the firm's Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Group. He represented entities in corporate reorganizations and formal bankruptcy proceedings in a wide variety of industries. In chapter 11 cases, he has represented debtors, DIP lenders, creditor committees, purchasers and secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy courts across the U.S., as well as having participated in international proceedings. Mr. Wege practiced in financial restructuring for nearly 29 years, representing companies in industries such as oil and gas exploration and production, petrochemicals, refining, electrical generation and transmission, solar power, oil field service and supply, transportation, telecommunication, retail grocery and convenience store, wholesale product production and distribution, retail restaurant, commercial real estate and health care. He began his legal career as a law clerk for Hon. William Greendyke, former chief bankruptcy judge for the Southern District of Texas in Houston, after law school. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mr. Wege was a commercial loan workout officer for five years and participated in the workout of numerous syndicated/ agented loans (in excess of $100 million) in the energy and real estate industries. Mr. Wege has represented clients, as primary counsel, as chapter 11 debtors in multiple jurisdictions and in many different industries, most focused on the energy sector, including Juniper GTL LLC, Kior, Inc., SpectraWatt, Inc., Bigler LP, Propex Inc., Cygnus Oil & Gas Corp., Souper Salad Inc., Texas Petrochemicals LP, Alma Energy Corp./Equinox Oil Co. Inc., LifeStream International Inc., Hepatix, Inc., Texas State Optical Inc. and Food Barn Stores Inc. He was listed in Chambers USA (2013-20) for Bankruptcy/Restructuring and The Best Lawyers in America (2007-20) for Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights, and as Texas Super Lawyer (2004 and 2006-20) for Bankruptcy and Workout Law. Mr. Wege received his B.B.A. in finance with high honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1984 and his J.D. in 1991 from Baylor University School of Law.