Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships for Project Development: Deal Structures and Documentation

Mr. O’Sullivan represents developers, investors, governmental entities and not-for-profit institutions on a range of real estate matters with a focus on development issues, particularly those that arise in public-private transactions. He has represented clients on a range of complex transactions for properties across the U.S., including acquisitions and dispositions, large-scale developments, joint ventures, construction projects, and public and private financings.

Mr. Wheatley represents public and private entities, and financing parties, on complex transactions and real estate transactions, with a particular emphasis on public-private partnership (P3) infrastructure and other alternative delivery platforms. His recent experience includes acting as counsel for public entities on design-build, progressive design-build, CMGC, DBF, and DBFOM alternative delivery infrastructure procurements and contract negotiations (to include transportation, energy, and social infrastructure), as well as representing well-known public entities on post-execution servicing matters. Mr. Wheatley’s extensive experience includes the drafting and review of complex procurement, project agreements, and financing documentation, in addition to working with tax-exempt bonds and other innovative financing structures.

Ms. Mennone is a seasoned leader in urban renewal and development and is recognized for her ability to take new public-private projects from nascent concepts into successful realities and add measurable value to the communities and organizations she serves. She is adept at connecting stakeholders, negotiating and identifying scarce resources for projects that involve multiple parties that often have competing interests. Ms. Mennone’s work includes developing organizations, establishing governance, and building strategic partnerships. She advises her clients on public-private partnerships (P3s) that are large in scale and uniquely complex and manages the funding sources and finds resources for all manners of P3 projects. Ms. Mennone has experience with large federal grant programs, Property Assessed Clean Energy, State and Federal Historic Tax Credits, New Market Tax Credits, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, American Rescue Plan Act regulations and eligibility and many more funding vehicles.