John Wheatley > Ballard Spahr LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Ballard Spahr LLP
1909 K STREET, NW
12th FLOOR
WASHINGTON DC 20006-1157
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Work Department

Finance

Position

Associate

Career

John C. Wheatley represents public entities, lenders, and private actors on complex transactions, with a particular emphasis on public-private partnership (P3/PPP) infrastructure and real estate transactions.

John’s recent experience includes acting as counsel for public entities on design-build-finance P3 procurements and as lender’s counsel on complex multi-million-dollar infrastructure and multifamily real estate new construction financings.

Admissions

New York

District of Columbia

Memberships

Urban Land Institute

District of Columbia Community Economic Development Project (frequent pro bono counsel participant)

Education

American University Washington College of Law (J.D. 2012)

Boston College (M.A. 2009)

Boston College (B.A. 2008)

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Finance > Project finance

(Rising stars)

John Wheatley – Ballard Spahr LLP

The projects team at Ballard Spahr LLP ‘brings outstanding insights into the nuances and intricacies of extremely complex contracts such as public private partnerships’, acting as lenders, developers and particularly government agencies on major transport developments that include toll roads, bridges, interchanges, and railway lines and stations, as well as university campus utility ventures, breakwater facility expansions, and inner-city redevelopments – amongst others. On the energy front, the team predominantly focus on providing financing, regulatory and commercial advice to energy players and investors engaging with energy transition assets, while also boasting a substantial capital markets offering. The ‘truly incredible’ John Smolen and Steve Park co-head the practice from Baltimore and Philadelphia respectively, with the duo highly praised for their ‘immense amount of experience from other projects’ and ability to counsel from a variety of perspectives. Philadelphia duo Patrick Gillard  and Randall Towers are the other two practice leads who focus on project finance transactions in the energy space, often representing lenders, borrowers and underwriters on a range of debt instruments. Donna Brady operates out of Los Angeles and largely concentrates on transport and social infrastructure and is routinely sought out by state agencies and toll operators for toll technology procurements. New York’s William Estes and Washington DC’s John Wheatley bring further design-build and P3 experience to the fore and frequently collaborate together on major transport constructions. Bruce Johnson sits in the Las Vegas office and is well regarded for his adeptness in tax equity financing.