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 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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Philadelphia Elite > Commercial disputes
- Philadelphia Elite > Commercial disputes
- Philadelphia Elite > Corporate and M&A
- Philadelphia Elite > Corporate and M&A
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Philadelphia Elite > Intellectual Property
- Philadelphia Elite > Corporate and M&A
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Philadelphia Elite > Commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Philadelphia Elite > Corporate and M&A
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense