Ballard Spahr LLP

Ballard Spahr LLP‘s PPP projects, energy and project financing practices collaborate on a range of matters in the renewable energy sector, acting for project developers and sponsors, investors, and lenders with interests in the space. Its advice on infrastructure and PPP projects is of particular note, and the team is represented across a number of the firm’s US offices. In Philadelphia, Patrick Gillard is a key figure with a strong utility finance practice and experience negotiating public and private debt financings. He is one of four co-heads of the practice, with Randall Towers and Steve Park alongside in Philadelphia, and John Smolen in Baltimore. Bruce Johnson in Las Vegas is a contact to note for real estate and commercial finance, while Minneapolis-based Raymond Faricy and Katie Leesman in Washington DC are further key figures in the firm’s renewable energy offering.