Marc G. Policastro

Marc G. Policastro

Associate

San Francisco

T 628.295.2055

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Overview

Marc represents public and private companies, as well as private equity funds and their portfolio companies, in their most significant transactions.

Marc’s practice spans domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, corporate restructurings, and other strategic deals. He also advises corporate borrowers, banks, and other financial institutions in a variety of financing transactions, including leveraged financing, first and second lien credit facilities, secured and unsecured syndicated loans, middle market and large cap financings, cross-border and domestic acquisition financings, and debt restructuring transactions. 

Marc’s transactional practice focuses on drafting and negotiating primary transaction documents, such as purchase agreements, disclosure schedules, pledge and security agreements, legal opinions and ancillary agreements, as well as leading the due diligence process. 

In his pro bono work, Marc reviews cases for the Innocence Project.

*Matter completed prior to joining Benesch.

What I Do

Commercial Finance & Banking
Corporate
Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
Private Equity

Experience

Represented Honeywell in the spin-off of its Advanced Materials business, now operating as Solstice Advanced Materials, including leading the separation workstream and contract analysis to establish Solstice as an independent, publicly traded company and supporting Honeywell’s strategic transformation into three distinct industry-leading businesses.

Key Contacts: Kaitlyn KeeleyTrisha L. AppelTrevor MartinJack KunkelMarc G. PolicastroKatie PotrzeboskiGilbert J. VillaflorEmily DworkinPooja BhaskarNicholas MeyersonRoger Boyer Alexa ShookLizbeth Aviles Emily L. MorrisonJoel PruettPatrick ManningAndrew GlickmanMelissa R. GrimMary Frances GardnerSamantha J. BarbaraDylan M. RosenfieldShanae NelsonLaura Mehl SugarmanKevin W. HumphriesJulius A. ZavalaJonathan N. FoxDaniel S. MarksLogan Bryant

Represented Marcone Supply (f/k/a Marcone Appliance Parts Center, Inc.) (a portfolio company of Genstar Capital) in its acquisition of The Bell Pump Service Company and The Simons Company, Inc.*

Key Contacts: Marc G. Policastro

Represented Cedar Fair, L.P. in a $1.3 billion senior secured term loan and revolving facility.*

Key Contacts: Marc G. Policastro

Represented Blackbird Purchaser, Inc., a portfolio company of Genstar Capital, in a $1.01 billion unitranche credit facility.*

Key Contacts: Marc G. Policastro

Represented Ares Management Corp, as a lender, in an incremental first lien senior secured term facility for Service Logic Acquisition, Inc. (d/b/a Service Logic) (a portfolio company of Leonard Green).*

Key Contacts: Marc G. Policastro

Represented AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. in its $414 million offering of cash and payment-in-kind toggle senior secured exchangeable notes due 2030 by a subsidiary of AMC and in its $1.2 billion senior secured term loan facility.*

Key Contacts: Marc G. Policastro

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Credentials

Education

UCLA, 2022, J.D.
  • Managing Editor for the Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs
  • Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs, Finalist

Clerkships and Bar Admissions

California