Arizona

Since its founding in 1919, Ballard Spahr has grown to 15 offices nationwide. The firm launched in Philadelphia and this remains its largest office, closely followed in scale by Baltimore and Washington DC.  Ballard Spahr is experienced in many practice areas across its offices, including M&A, banking, capital markets, project development and real estate. The banking team represents borrowers in credit facilities, loan agreements, project financing and acquisition financing.  Ballard Spahr most recently represented their key clients in a variety of complex transactions.

Dentons is an international law firm with 20,000 professionals, including 12,000 lawyers, in more than 200 locations in over 80 countries. In the United States it has a standout structured finance and securitization practice, as well as a notable restructuring and insolvency practice. In restructuring and insolvency, the firm leverages its international presence, advising clients on cross-border transactions in the renewable energies, healthcare and financial services sectors. The team recently represented their client in a transaction where they successfully navigated complicated restructuring issues due to the deal's multi-jurisdictional nature.

DLA Piper was founded in 2005 through the merger of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, Piper Rudnick and DLA. Firm-wide, the firm is known for its strengths in projects. M&A is also a core strength of the firm, and is led by partners Jakub Domalik-Plakwicz and Jakub Marcinkowski.

Led by Mariusz Hyla, the DLA Piper's Warsaw team is one of Poland's most experienced project finance, and has worked on some of the largest and most strategically important projects involving the transportation, energy, public buildings and water/wastewater management sectors. The firm is also actively involved in the majority of PPP projects in Poland. 

Full-service firm Squire Patton Boggs was founded in the UK in 1886. Over 135 years later, the firm has expanded to 44 offices in four continents. In the United States, the firm has 17 offices across the country. The firm has been lauded for its commitment to a healthy work-life balance.

Focusses / specialisms

The firm’s Ohio offices are a market leader in the region across financial and corporate practices. It also has highly regarded teams in Georgia, Florida and Arizona.

In financing, it acts on the borrower and lender side in loan agreements and credit facilities for general working capital financing and acquisition financing.

The corporate practice largely works on financing and acquisitions. In acquisitions, teams are on the buy and sell side in strategic acquisitions and joint ventures.

Key clients

Key clients for the firm include Nuverra Environmental Solutions, Walton International, Abercrombie & Fitch, Amtech Systems, Western Alliance Bancorp, Balbec Capital, East West Manufacturing, Delta, Tsuneishi Holdings and NSI-MI Technologies.

Research period review: 30th edition (2019/2020)

Throughout the research period the Atlanta team worked mainly on M&A transactions, while the Phoenix office worked on a mix of acquisitions and general corporate financing. In financing matters, it represented mainly borrowers.

The Atlanta office brought over corporate partner Scott Rafshoon from Hunton Andrews Kurth in 2019.

In 2020 the firm expanded its global reach with the opening of its Milan, Italy office. 

Deal highlights: 30th edition (2019/2020)

Nuverra $41.9 million acquisition of Clearwater Solutions 

Wheels Up acquisition of Delta Private Jets