Bruce Johnson > Ballard Spahr LLP > Las Vegas, United States > Lawyer Profile
Ballard Spahr LLP Offices
ONE SUMMERLIN 1980 FESTIVAL PLAZA DRIVE
SUITE 900
LAS VEGAS, NV 89135-2958
NEVADA
United States
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Bruce Johnson
Work Department
Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Bruce F. Johnson focuses his practice on real estate and commercial finance and investment transactions, and on the development and financing of energy generation and transmission projects.
Bruce frequently represents developers, investors, and lenders in development, financing and M&A transactions involving energy generation and transmission projects, including solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and other types of renewable energy facilities. He often employs his real estate experience to advise energy project participants in connection with site control issues, including ground leasing and property acquisition transactions, transmission and access easements, co-tenancy arrangements, title insurance issues and related aspects of site control in financing transactions.
Bruce is fluent in Spanish, which enables him to represent clients in cross-border transactions in Latin America. He counsels clients on project development and private equity investments in several countries, including Mexico, Panama, Argentina, and Colombia.
Admissions: Nevada
Languages
Fluent in Spanish
Memberships
American Bar Association
State Bar of Nevada
Clark County Bar Association
J. Reuben Clark Law Society
Education
Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007)
Editor, Brigham Young University Law Review, 2006-2007
Semifinalist, First-Year Moot Court Competition
Westminster College (B.S., summa cum laude, 2004)
Lawyer Rankings
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