William Rhodes > 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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William Rhodes

Work Department
Finance
Position
Partner, Leader of Education Industry Group, Leader of Municipal Recovery Initiative
Career
William C. Rhodes leads the firm’s Education Industry Group and its Municipal Recovery Initiative. Bill regularly represents issuers, broker-dealers, and investors in all areas of public finance, with an emphasis on the offering of high-yield (unrated) municipal securities.
Bill represents clients in the financing of public infrastructure, transportation, project financing, economic development, and public purpose facilities for governments and their authorities. His clients also include public and private secondary schools, colleges, and universities; health care systems; cultural institutions; and municipal- and investor-owned water, wastewater, and energy utilities. He also has extensive experience in affordable housing, including single-family mortgage finance and multifamily, military, and senior housing projects.
Bill regularly advises issuers, underwriters, municipal advisers, and investors in the evolving landscape of municipal securities regulation and enforcement, including regulatory compliance, primary and secondary market disclosures, and enforcement actions.
Admissions
Colorado, Pennsylvania
Memberships
Colorado Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL)
Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers (PABL)
Pennsylvania Economy League, Inc., Board Member
Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, LLC, Board Member
Past board member and former President, Elfreth’s Alley Association, a 501(c)(3) corporation that preserves and interprets Elfreth’s Alley, the nation’s oldest continuous residential street and a National Historic Landmark in Philadelphia
Education
Dickinson School of Law of Pennsylvania State University (J.D. 1991)
Member, Dickinson Law Review
Swarthmore College (B.A. 1987, cum laude)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
(Leading lawyers)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
- Leading lawyers - United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal - United States > Finance
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