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Ballard Spahr LLP Offices

Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 MARKET STREET, 51ST FLOOR
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7599
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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William Rhodes

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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)

William Rhodes – Ballard Spahr LLP

Ballard Spahr LLP offers a combination of public and municipal bankruptcy expertise, especially in connection with major Chapter 9 cases, municipal recovery and high yield municipal bonds to provide an all round practice within the restructuring world. The firm has been active in representing the City of Chester, Pennsylvania in its Chapter 9 bankruptcy and the City of Detroit’s bankruptcy filing. Philadelphia-based William Rhodes  is the practice leader of the firm’s Municipal Recovery Initiative, and regularly represents issuers, broker-dealers and investors in all areas of public finance, while Minneapolis-situated William Wassweiler represents financial institutions serving as corporate trustees financial institutions serving as corporate trustees involving municipal and corporate bonds, as well as corporate trustees. Situated in Wilmington, litigation partner Tobey Daluz focuses on corporate restructuring, workouts and general bankruptcy litigation, whereas Megan McCarthy is noted for her focus on public finance matters, and Delaware-based Laurel Roglen is a key name and is experienced in bankruptcy-related litigation.

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