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Ballard Spahr LLP Offices

Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 MARKET STREET, 51ST FLOOR
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7599
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Patrick Gillard

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215.864.8536 gillard@ballardspahr.com

Work Department

Finance

Position

Partner, Leader of Energy Group, Co-Leader of Project Finance Group

Career

Patrick R. Gillard leads Ballard Spahr’s Energy Group and co-leads its Project Finance Group. He represents corporate clients, underwriters, and lenders in connection with corporate and project finance, mergers and acquisitions, public utility law, and wholesale energy regulation. Patrick has a sophisticated utility finance practice and experience negotiating public and private debt financings involving both complex capitalization structures and M&A transactions.

Patrick also has extensive experience in transactions involving the development, financing, and acquisition of electric power assets, including solar, wind, and other types of renewable generating facilities. He has provided counsel to a Regional Transmission Organization for many years and has an in-depth understanding of the wholesale energy markets, including derivative products. He regularly advises large industrial and corporate energy retail customers on the negotiation of terms of power purchase agreements, competitive generation supply agreements, and renewable energy credit trading arrangements. In addition, he counsels participants in the energy industry on federal and state energy legislative and regulatory matters, including wholesale energy market regulation, state renewable energy portfolio standards, and public utility financing authorizations.

Admissions:

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Memberships

Pennsylvania Bar Association, Public Utility Section

Energy Bar Association

Education

Widener University School of Law (J.D., M.B.A. 2000, magna cum laude)
Staff, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law; Member, Phi Kappa Phi

University of Scranton (B.S. 1995)

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Finance > Project finance

Ballard Spahr LLP is well regarded for its project finance work in both the energy and infrastructure sectors, with a strong roster of clients including lenders and sponsors, project developers, and government entities. The firm often works for both lenders and project sponsors on project finance assignments. Patrick Gillard and Steve Park, who are both based in Philadelphia, lead the P3 and infrastructure team, which has experience advising on projects in areas including transport and waste. John Smolen in Baltimore is also strong in this area, while Washington DC-based Katie Leesman is a key contact for work in energy projects, in particular in solar.

United States > Energy > Renewable/alternative power

Clients such as project developers and sponsors, investors, and lenders seek out Ballard Spahr LLP for advice on the acquisition, sale, and financing of projects in solar, on and offshore wind, biogas, and geothermal power. The energy group is jointly led by Patrick R. Gillard, Steve T. Park and Randall J. Towers in Philadelphia, and Baltimore’s John P. Smolen; with Gillard being recognized for his capabilities in a range of matters, such as utility finance, transactions,  public and private debt financing and the acquisition of electric power assets. Other notable practitioners include real estate and commercial finance partner Bruce Johnson and business transactions partner Matthew Vantusko, both in Las Vegas. In Minneapolis, Raymond Faricy is a key contact for clients seeking advice on the range of transactional matters in the wind and solar sectors, especially power purchase agreements. Washington’s Katie Leesman  is sought out by clients for her expertise on energy project finance and public-private partnership projects, project development and acquisition.

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