Patrick Gillard > Ballard Spahr LLP > Philadelphia, United States > Lawyer Profile
Ballard Spahr LLP Offices
1735 MARKET STREET, 51ST FLOOR
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7599
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Patrick Gillard
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.
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
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense