Ballard Spahr LLP

Finance

Partner

Bruce F. Johnson focuses his practice on real estate and commercial finance and investment transactions, and on the development and financing of energy generation and transmission projects.

Bruce frequently represents developers, investors, and lenders in development, financing and M&A transactions involving energy generation and transmission projects, including solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and other types of renewable energy facilities. He often employs his real estate experience to advise energy project participants in connection with site control issues, including ground leasing and property acquisition transactions, transmission and access easements, co-tenancy arrangements, title insurance issues and related aspects of site control in financing transactions.

Bruce is fluent in Spanish, which enables him to represent clients in cross-border transactions in Latin America. He counsels clients on project development and private equity investments in several countries, including Mexico, Panama, Argentina, and Colombia.

Admissions: Nevada

Fluent in Spanish

American Bar Association

State Bar of Nevada

Clark County Bar Association

J. Reuben Clark Law Society

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007) Editor, Brigham Young University Law Review, 2006-2007 Semifinalist, First-Year Moot Court Competition

Westminster College (B.S., summa cum laude, 2004)