Mark C. Bussey

Mark Bussey co-chairs the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group at Davis Graham. He represents leading public companies, privately held companies, private equity firms, and venture capital funds on mergers and acquisitions, investments, financings, joint ventures, recapitalizations, reorganizations, and complex corporate transactions. Mark also advises founders, business owners, and executives on fund formation, capitalization, governance, growth, and sale of their companies. His experience spans

a wide range of industries, including energy, mining, materials, manufacturing, services, hospitality, consulting, and technology. Before joining Davis Graham, Mark practiced in the corporate department of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York.

Mark has been named a “Leader in Their Field” for Corporate/M&A by Chambers USA. He has also been recognized as an Emerging Leader by The M&A Advisor and selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America by Woodward/White for Mergers and Acquisitions Law. In 2025, Thomson Reuters listed him as a Stand-out Lawyer, and he was named a Top Lawyer in Mergers & Acquisitions by 5280.

Representative Transactions

Energy

• $7.6 billion sale of PDC Energy, Inc. to Chevron Corporation
• $700 million sale by Whiting Petroleum Corporation, GBK Investments and WBI Energy Midstream of North Dakota midstream assets to an affiliate of Tesoro Logistics
• $525 million sale by Crescent Point Energy Corp. of its Uinta Basin upstream assets
• $500 million sale by Whiting Petroleum Corporation of North Dakota upstream assets to RimRock Oil & Gas
• Acquisition by 1876 Resources of gas gathering pipeline infrastructure in the Powder River Basin
• Distributed energy storage project joint venture between Available Power and CleanCapital
• Multiple battery energy storage system project sales by Available Power

Mining

• Nevada joint venture between Barrick Mining Corporation and Newmont Corporation, which combined Barrick’s and Newmont’s respective mining operations, assets, reserves and teams in Nevada to create the world’s largest gold mining complex
• $820 million acquisition by Newmont Corporation of the Cripple Creek & Victor gold mine from AngloGold Ashanti Limited
• Up to $275 million divestiture by Newmont Corporation of its Cripple Creek & Victor gold mine to SSR Mining Inc.
• $83 million sale by Newmont Corporation of its Midas mine and milling operations to Klondex Mines Ltd.
• $80 million sale by Waterton Global Resources Management of its Hollister and Esmeralda mines to Klondex Mines Ltd.
• Acquisition of New Elk Coal Company by Allegiance Coal Limited from Cline Mining Corporation
• Option to joint venture transaction between Arizona Sonoran Copper Company and Nuton LLC, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto
• Asset exchange transaction between i-80 Gold Corp. and Nevada Gold Mines LLC
• Multiple royalty portfolio sales by Newmont Corporation to Maverix Metals

Materials

• Acquisition by J.M. Huber Corporation of Natural Soda LLC from Rincon Ltd.
• Acquisition by J.M. Huber Corporation of Active Minerals International from Golden Gate Capital
• Acquisition by J.M. Huber Corporation of the business assets of Natrium Products
• Acquisition by J.M. Huber Corporation of select fire retardant and smoke suppressant assets of The R.J. Marshall Company
• Acquisition by Kodiak Building Partners of New River Building Supply & Lumber Company
• Acquisition by JLL Pioneer of the business assets of Granite Express
• Acquisition by JLL Pioneer of the business assets of Grand Materials
• Acquisition by JLL Pioneer of the business assets of Midwest Materials
• Divestiture by Summit Materials of its Argos USA ready mix concrete business to Concrete Supply Co.
• Sale of aggregate operations business by JLL Pioneer to Holcim US
• Sale of aggregate distribution business by JLL Pioneer to SiteOne Landscape Supply

Manufacturing

• $282.5 million acquisition by DMC Global of controlling interest in Aracdia Inc.
• Acquisition by CoorsTek, Inc. of the Lexington, Kentucky armor manufacturing facility of Avon Protection plc
• Acquisition by Reliance Worldwide Corporation of HoldRite
• Acquisition by the aerospace division of publicly listed manufacturer of the business assets of a privately held manufacturer of optical components and hardware
• Sale of HiRel Systems by CHB Capital Partners to Vishay Intertechnology
• Sale of CanGen Holdings by CHB Capital Partners to Millacron Holdings

Services

• Acquisitions of Perkins Biomedical Services, Southeast Pathology Instrument Service, Southern Biomedical, Tech One Biomedical, and Hawkeye Biomedical by Copley Equity Partners
• Controlling investment in Spend Matters by Copley Equity Partners
• Controlling investment in AeroMed Group by Copley Equity Partners
• Divestiture of TwentyEighty’s Omega Performance Group to Moody’s Corporation
• Divestiture by JLL Pioneer of its civil construction division to Wildcat Construction
• Sale of Fire Alarm Services to Pye-Barker Fire & Safety
• Sale of Fox River Foods to Performance Food Group
• Acquisition by Rise Broadband of MidAtlantic Broadband assets in Missouri
• Acquisition by West Direct Oil of the business assets of Siegel Oil

Hospitality

• Acquisition by CoralTree Hospitality of the Magnolia hotel brand and hospitality management services assets from Stout Street Hospitality
• Acquisition by Destination Residences Hawaii of the rental management business of Classic Resorts
• Acquisition by Destination Residences Hawaii of the rental management business of Kā‘anapali Beach Properties
• Destination Resort Management joint venture with Newpark Resort Management
• Acquisition by Hospitality at Work, a subsidiary of Lowe, of the property management and commercial brokerage business of Keys Commercial Real Estate
• Acquisition by Hospitality at Work, a subsidiary of Lowe, of the property management and commercial brokerage business of Rise Commercial Property Services
• Investment by KSL Capital Partners in Under Canvass

Consulting

• Acquisition by Phoenix3 Holdings of consulting and quality assurance assessment businesses of Innovative Hospitality Solutions and CrossCheck
• Investments by Phoenix3 Holdings in Infuse Hospitality
• Acquisition by ECG Management Consultants of the physician contract benchmarking and analytics business of MD Ranger
• Acquisition by ECG Management Consultants of the oncology consulting business of Oncology Resource Consultants

Technology

• Acquisition and capitalization of artificial intelligence platform for digital twin technology
• Formation and capitalization of virtual try on platform
• Numerous investments by Foundry in early-stage technology companies, including Boundless, Dwolla, floatme, gigpro, HiHello, HitchPin, Jones, Loop, SingleFile, snappr, Sofar, stateless, and Tracera

Community Involvement

Mark is a member of the Board of Directors of Opera Colorado, where he serves as Treasurer and Chair of the Board’s Finance Committee. He previously served as a member of the Steering Committee for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s Development Committee and as co-chair of the Strategic Priorities Team, which was focused on development efforts in support of the Museum’s Strategic Plan.