Ballard Spahr LLP

Ballard Spahr LLP has a wide-ranging and impressive practice, built on its leading expertise in public finance, and strong experience in municipal bankruptcies (including Chapter 9 cases and municipal recoveries). The firm is noted for its representation of municipal bonds institutional investors and bond insurers. On the debtor side, the firm also represented the City of Chester, Pennsylvania, in its Chapter 9 bankruptcy case. Other key clients include indenture trustees and credit providers. Philadelphia partner William Rhodes has an outstanding background in public finance with deep expertise in distressed municipalities, restructurings, municipal insolvency and bankruptcy. Tobey Daluz and Matthew Summers are co-leaders of the bankruptcy and restructuring group, and experienced figures in Chapter 9 cases. Newly elected partner Laurel Roglen is also making a big impression, while Minneapolis’s William Wassweiler is another senior practitioner. Named individuals are based in Wilmington unless stated otherwise.