William Wassweiler > Ballard Spahr LLP > Minneapolis, United States > Lawyer Profile
Ballard Spahr LLP Offices
2000 IDS CENTER 80
SOUTH 8TH STREET
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-2119
MINNESOTA
United States
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William Wassweiler

Work Department
Finance
Position
Partner
Career
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
Memberships
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
Education
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)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
Ballard Spahr LLP offers clients an ‘unparalleled‘ service, with advise encompassing municipal bankruptcy and recovery, in addition to buy-side representations, trust instruction proceedings and public finance. Tobey Daluz and Matthew Summers head the team from Wilmington, whilst Vincent Marriott and William Rhodes head the team from Philadelphia. Its team is well equipped to handle Chapter 9, Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 cases pertaining to special districts, senior living facilities and hospital systems. Notable highlights includes its representation of Wells Fargo Bank, NA, in its capacity as indenture trustee, in matters relating to the bankruptcy of Verity Health System and its outstanding municipal bonds exceeding $260m. Other notable individuals include William Wassweiler for his advisory to the Wilmington Trust and Dara Smith for her assistance to the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Media, technology and telecoms > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Project finance