Finance

Partner

Bill Wassweiler represents financial institutions serving as master trustees, bond trustees, collateral agents, master servicers, special servicers, paying agents, loan agents and other interested parties in matters involving structured finance, corporate debt, municipal debt, lending (including EB-5 lending) and project finance. His areas of focus include corporate trust and structured products litigation as well as bankruptcy and workouts, bond defaults, trust instruction proceedings, creditor-rights litigation, real estate litigation, receiverships, and foreclosures.

Before earning his J.D., Bill was a certified public accountant for several years at Deloitte, a large international accounting firm. This background gives him in-depth understanding of business operations in general as well as bank and corporate trust operations in particular. The combination of business and legal perspectives helps him devise creative ways for clients to meet their objectives.

Admissions:

Minnesota U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

American Bar Association

Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants

Bankruptcy Institute Planning Committee, past Chair

Bankruptcy Practice Committee for the District of Minnesota, past member

Minnesota State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, Past President; Pro Bono Committee, Past Chair

William Mitchell College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law) (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992) Editor, William Mitchell Law Review

University of Wisconsin (B.B.A. 1985)