Band 3
Provided by John Smolen
John P. Smolen counsels public entities, private concessionaires/contractors, and financing parties in large, complex design-build and public-private partnership (P3/PPP) civil and social infrastructure projects across the country. John Co-Leads our P3/Infrastructure Group.
John has played a leading role in the procurement, negotiation, financing, and administration of several P3 and design-build projects in the transportation, transit, and social infrastructure spaces. John has represented public clients in several states. John has also represented developer consortia, as well as lenders in several horizontal and vertical infrastructure projects from statutory drafting, through pre-procurement, deal structuring, procurement, and negotiation, to post-selection commercial and financial close, with additional experience in implementation and administration.
Admissions:
Maryland
District of Columbia
Kansas
U.S. Supreme Court
Maryland State Bar Association
Kansas Bar Association
University of Kansas School of Law (J.D.)
Editor-in-Chief, Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (M.A.)
U.S. Naval Academy (B.S., with merit)
Provided by Chambers
Provided by Chambers
John is an extremely pragmatic lawyer. He doesn't try to overcomplicate things and does good job distilling things down to basis components, where issues lie and how best to resolve them.
John understands all sides of a transaction. He fights for his clients, but also understands the commercial side of the job.
John is an extremely pragmatic lawyer. He doesn't try to overcomplicate things and does good job distilling things down to basis components, where issues lie and how best to resolve them.
John understands all sides of a transaction. He fights for his clients, but also understands the commercial side of the job.