William Wassweiler > Ballard Spahr LLP > Minneapolis, United States > Lawyer Profile

Ballard Spahr LLP
2000 IDS CENTER 80
SOUTH 8TH STREET
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-2119
MINNESOTA
United States
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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 has a wide-ranging and impressive practice, built on its leading expertise in public finance, and strong experience in municipal bankruptcies (including Chapter 9 cases and municipal recoveries). The firm is noted for its representation of municipal bonds institutional investors and bond insurers. On the debtor side, the firm also represented the City of Chester, Pennsylvania, in its Chapter 9 bankruptcy case. Other key clients include indenture trustees and credit providers. Philadelphia partner William Rhodes has an outstanding background in public finance with deep expertise in distressed municipalities, restructurings, municipal insolvency and bankruptcy. Tobey Daluz and Matthew Summers are co-leaders of the bankruptcy and restructuring group, and experienced figures in Chapter 9 cases. Newly elected partner Laurel Roglen is also making a big impression, while Minneapolis’s William Wassweiler is another senior practitioner. Named individuals are based in Wilmington unless stated otherwise.