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Jonathan A. Ballan

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(212) 912-3514
  jballan@harrisbeach.com
“I enjoy problem solving. Matching a client’s capital needs with a financing structure, whether a creative new one or a more traditional one is truly rewarding to me.”
  • Veteran Public Finance and Economic Development Attorney Jonathan A. Ballan Joins Harris Beach PLLC as Partner
  • Bond Buyer Highlights New Partner Jonathan Ballan
  • Partner Jon Ballan Moderates Panel at 2023 Bond Buyer National Outlook Conference
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Professional and Civic
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Location
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Jon focuses his practice on municipal and infrastructure finance, public authority finance, stadium finance, economic development, housing finance, project finance, government relations and privatization and securitization of public assets.

Jon has broad experience developing innovative legal structures for state and local bond issuers and investment bankers. He has served as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriter’s counsel, borrower’s counsel, developer’s counsel and trustee counsel for tax-exempt and taxable transactions in various areas, including economic development, housing, transportation, infrastructure, education, sports facilities, non-profit organizations, pilot bond, loan securitization, solid waste, water and wastewater.

Jon most recently served as co-chair of public and project finance group for an AmLaw 100 firm. He has also led the New York public finance group of an international firm. Earlier in his career, Jon worked as an investment banker in the public finance department of a major investment bank, providing him with a unique 360-degree view of the financing of transactions.

Since the mid-1990s, Jon has served in numerous high-level governmental capacities in New York State and New York City. By appointment of the Governor of New York and confirmation by the New York State Senate, Jon served as chairman of both the Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York and the Chairman of the New York Public Asset Fund. He also served five years on the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees public transit infrastructure in New York City and New Jersey. Jon’s experience on governmental boards has provided him with a deepened perspective on financing governmental projects.

Representative Matters

  • Served as bond counsel and special counsel to the New York Transportation Development Corporation in the P3 renovation and privatization of the 27 service areas on the New York State Thruway, a 570-mile tollway that is the fifth busiest in the nation. This transaction was named the Bond Buyer 2021 Public-Private Partnership (P3) Financing Deal of the Year.
  • Served as special bond counsel to the New York Yankees in connection with the financing by the New York City Industrial Development Agency of the new Yankee Stadium, which was honored by The Bond Buyer as a Deal of the Year finalist. Federal tax law revisions were required to undertake the financing. This transaction and subsequent related deals involved the issuance of over $1.3 billion in tax-exempt PILOT Revenue Bonds and federally taxable Rental Revenue Bonds. Retained as special bond counsel for refunding and one-off transactions.
  • Served as special counsel to the Empire State Development Corporation. Led the legal team that created the New York Liberty Development Corporation (NYLDC) for the primary purpose of issuing New York Liberty Bonds for commercial projects to assist New York City following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
  • Served as lead disclosure counsel for $2.4 billion of special facilities bonds for the LaGuardia Airport Terminal B Reconstruction Project. The transaction was the 2016 Bond Buyer Deal of the Year for the Northeast Region.
  • Led the bond counsel team on New York Liberty Development Corporation’s issuance of $1.9 billion of revenue bonds to finance the construction of the new world headquarters of Goldman Sachs near Ground Zero.
  • Led the bond counsel team for the Empire State Development Corporation on the financing of a new arena for the New Jersey Nets (now the Brooklyn Nets) in the Atlantic Yards area of downtown Brooklyn. Numerous novel legal issues relating to the finance structure, securities, and real estate and tax laws needed to be solved prior to the closing.
  • Served as bond counsel or underwriter’s counsel for state fiscal oversight boards in the City of Buffalo and Nassau County, New York.
  • Served as underwriters’ counsel on many significant financings to major New York public authorities, including the New York State Thruway Authority and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
  • Served as underwriter’s counsel or bond counsel on numerous financings of educational facilities through the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) and various industrial development agencies.
  • Served as underwriter’s counsel on nearly $1 billion of financings and refinancings of DASNY debt on behalf of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.
  • Served as underwriter’s counsel on more than $2 billion of New York State Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds.
  • Served as bond counsel for the New York State Housing Finance Agency and New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation.
  • Served as Special Counsel for a nationally renowned not-for-profit corporation, in connection with innovative P3 transactions for parking, water, wastewater, and other governmental functions.
  • Served as bond counsel, borrower’s counsel and underwriter’s counsel on innovative governmental infrastructure finance transactions for urban redevelopments, libraries, water systems, solid waste facilities, and cultural centers for various cities and counties.

Professional and Civic

  • National Association of Bond Lawyers
  • New York Municipal Forum, Chairman of Audit Committee

Governmental Boards:

  • Director of the State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA), 2018 – 2022. Member of Mortgage Insurance Fund and Corporate Governance committees
  • Board Member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York (MTA) and a member of the Finance, Metro North, Long Island Railroad, NYC Transit, Bridges & Tunnels, Audit and Corporate Governance Committees, 2011 – 2016. Extensive participation in oversight of financial transactions and procurements
  • Chairman of the Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York, 2001 – 2008
  • Chairman of the New York Public Asset Fund, 2005 – 2008
  • Board Member of the NYC Health + Hospitals Corporation, 1996 – 1997
  • Member of the New York State Watershed Protection and Partnership Council, 2000 – 2007

Recognition

  • Law360 MVP of the Year for Project Finance, 2016
  • Super Lawyers, Bonds/Government Finance, since 2007
  • City & State New York, 50 Over 50, 2021

Legal Practices

Public Finance and Economic Development

Industry Teams

Financial Institutions and Capital Markets
Municipalities and Local Agencies

Admissions

New Jersey

New York

Washington D.C.

George Washington University Law School

JD 

Williams College

BA 
cum laude

Location

New York, NY Office
White Plains, NY Office
Insights
News
February 7, 2023

Partner Jon Ballan Moderates Panel at 2023 Bond Buyer National Outlook Conference

Public Finance Partner Jonathan Ballan moderated the luncheon panel at the 2023 Bond Buyer National Outlook Conference.
January 9, 2023

Bond Buyer Highlights New Partner Jonathan Ballan

Bond Buyer has taken note of Jon Ballan’s decision to join Harris Beach as a partner in our Public Finance and Economic Development Group.
January 4, 2023

Veteran Public Finance and Economic Development Attorney Jonathan A. Ballan Joins Harris Beach PLLC as Partner

Attorney Jonathan A. Ballan has joined Harris Beach PLLC as partner and head of a new Infrastructure and Public-Private Partnerships
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January 25, 2023

Harris Beach Sponsoring Bond Buyer National Outlook 2023

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New York, NY Office
White Plains, NY Office
https://www.harrisbeach.com/people/ballan-jonathan-a/

■ Areas of Expertise

Legal Practices

Public Finance and Economic Development Legal Practice

Industry Teams

Financial Institutions and Capital Markets Industry Team
Municipalities and Local Agencies Industry Team

■ Profile

Jon focuses his practice on municipal and infrastructure finance, public authority finance, stadium finance, economic development, housing finance, project finance, government relations and privatization and securitization of public assets.

Jon has broad experience developing innovative legal structures for state and local bond issuers and investment bankers. He has served as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriter’s counsel, borrower’s counsel, developer’s counsel and trustee counsel for tax-exempt and taxable transactions in various areas, including economic development, housing, transportation, infrastructure, education, sports facilities, non-profit organizations, pilot bond, loan securitization, solid waste, water and wastewater.

Jon most recently served as co-chair of public and project finance group for an AmLaw 100 firm. He has also led the New York public finance group of an international firm. Earlier in his career, Jon worked as an investment banker in the public finance department of a major investment bank, providing him with a unique 360-degree view of the financing of transactions.

Since the mid-1990s, Jon has served in numerous high-level governmental capacities in New York State and New York City. By appointment of the Governor of New York and confirmation by the New York State Senate, Jon served as chairman of both the Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York and the Chairman of the New York Public Asset Fund. He also served five years on the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees public transit infrastructure in New York City and New Jersey. Jon’s experience on governmental boards has provided him with a deepened perspective on financing governmental projects.

■ Representative Matters

  • Served as bond counsel and special counsel to the New York Transportation Development Corporation in the P3 renovation and privatization of the 27 service areas on the New York State Thruway, a 570-mile tollway that is the fifth busiest in the nation. This transaction was named the Bond Buyer 2021 Public-Private Partnership (P3) Financing Deal of the Year.
  • Served as special bond counsel to the New York Yankees in connection with the financing by the New York City Industrial Development Agency of the new Yankee Stadium, which was honored by The Bond Buyer as a Deal of the Year finalist. Federal tax law revisions were required to undertake the financing. This transaction and subsequent related deals involved the issuance of over $1.3 billion in tax-exempt PILOT Revenue Bonds and federally taxable Rental Revenue Bonds. Retained as special bond counsel for refunding and one-off transactions.
  • Served as special counsel to the Empire State Development Corporation. Led the legal team that created the New York Liberty Development Corporation (NYLDC) for the primary purpose of issuing New York Liberty Bonds for commercial projects to assist New York City following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
  • Served as lead disclosure counsel for $2.4 billion of special facilities bonds for the LaGuardia Airport Terminal B Reconstruction Project. The transaction was the 2016 Bond Buyer Deal of the Year for the Northeast Region.
  • Led the bond counsel team on New York Liberty Development Corporation’s issuance of $1.9 billion of revenue bonds to finance the construction of the new world headquarters of Goldman Sachs near Ground Zero.
  • Led the bond counsel team for the Empire State Development Corporation on the financing of a new arena for the New Jersey Nets (now the Brooklyn Nets) in the Atlantic Yards area of downtown Brooklyn. Numerous novel legal issues relating to the finance structure, securities, and real estate and tax laws needed to be solved prior to the closing.
  • Served as bond counsel or underwriter’s counsel for state fiscal oversight boards in the City of Buffalo and Nassau County, New York.
  • Served as underwriters’ counsel on many significant financings to major New York public authorities, including the New York State Thruway Authority and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
  • Served as underwriter’s counsel or bond counsel on numerous financings of educational facilities through the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) and various industrial development agencies.
  • Served as underwriter’s counsel on nearly $1 billion of financings and refinancings of DASNY debt on behalf of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.
  • Served as underwriter’s counsel on more than $2 billion of New York State Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds.
  • Served as bond counsel for the New York State Housing Finance Agency and New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation.
  • Served as Special Counsel for a nationally renowned not-for-profit corporation, in connection with innovative P3 transactions for parking, water, wastewater, and other governmental functions.
  • Served as bond counsel, borrower’s counsel and underwriter’s counsel on innovative governmental infrastructure finance transactions for urban redevelopments, libraries, water systems, solid waste facilities, and cultural centers for various cities and counties.

■ Professional and Civic

  • National Association of Bond Lawyers
  • New York Municipal Forum, Chairman of Audit Committee

Governmental Boards:

  • Director of the State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA), 2018 – 2022. Member of Mortgage Insurance Fund and Corporate Governance committees
  • Board Member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York (MTA) and a member of the Finance, Metro North, Long Island Railroad, NYC Transit, Bridges & Tunnels, Audit and Corporate Governance Committees, 2011 – 2016. Extensive participation in oversight of financial transactions and procurements
  • Chairman of the Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York, 2001 – 2008
  • Chairman of the New York Public Asset Fund, 2005 – 2008
  • Board Member of the NYC Health + Hospitals Corporation, 1996 – 1997
  • Member of the New York State Watershed Protection and Partnership Council, 2000 – 2007

■ Admissions

  • Law360 MVP of the Year for Project Finance, 2016
  • Super Lawyers, Bonds/Government Finance, since 2007
  • City & State New York, 50 Over 50, 2021

■ Education

George Washington University Law School
 ,JD
Williams College
 ,BA
 ,cum laude

Harris Beach and its subsidiaries provide a full range of legal and professional services for clients across New York state, as well as nationally and internationally. Harris Beach is among the country’s top law firms as ranked by The National Law Journal and is among the BTI Elite law firms based on in-depth interviews of more than 600 corporate counsel at the world’s largest and most influential companies. Our clients include Fortune 100 corporations, privately-held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, not-for-profit organizations and individuals. Principal industries we represent include education, energy, financial, food and beverage, health care, insurance, manufacturing, medical and life sciences, real estate developers, and state and local governments and authorities.

Industry Teams
Automotive and Vehicle Dealerships
Blockchain and Digital Assets 
Cannabis
Construction and Surety
Educational Institutions Higher Ed
Educational Institutions K-12
EMS and Fire Protection Providers
Energy
Financial Institutions and Capital Markets
Food and Beverage
Health Care
Industrial and Consumer Manufacturing
Medical and Life Sciences
Municipalities and Local Agencies
Nanotechnology
Photonics
Racing and Gaming
Real Estate Developers
Science and Technology
Telecommunications and Media
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
USA Collegiate Sports
Veterinary Medicine

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Appellate
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Corporate
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Diversity Compliance
E-Discovery (e-infoSM)
Employee Benefits
Employment Litigation
Environmental Law
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Financial Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights
Government Compliance and Investigations
Health Law
Immigration Law
Insurance Coverage
Intellectual Property Law
International Trade Law
Internet Law
Labor and Employment Law
Mass Torts and Industry-Wide Litigation
New Markets Tax Credit
Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law
Product Liability and Comprehensive General Liability
Public Finance and Economic Development
Real Property Valuation Litigation
Residential Real Estate
Tax Law
White Collar Crime
Wills, Trusts and Estates

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Collegiate Sports Compliance
Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
Economic Development and Public Affairs
Educational Institution Assistance
EMRG® (E-Discovery Management Resources Group)
Energy
Health and Human Services
Human Resources
Information Technology
Marketing and Communication Services
Municipal and Local Agency Assistance

HB Cornerstone LLC
Owner Representation
Design Services
Facilities Consulting
Move Management

Caetra.io
CyMetric (Cybersecurity Regulation Compliance Software)

Offices throughout New York:

Albany
677 Broadway
Albany, NY 12207
518-427-9700

Buffalo
726 Exchange Street
Buffalo, NY 14210
716-200-5050

Ithaca
119 East Seneca Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-273-6444

Long Island
333 Earle Ovington Boulevard
Uniondale, NY 11553
516-880-8484

New York City
100 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
212-687-0100

Rochester
99 Garnsey Road
Pittsford, NY 14534
585-419-8800

Saratoga Springs
513 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-587-0551

Syracuse
333 West Washington Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-423-7100

White Plains
445 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
914-683-1200

Offices also in:

New Haven, CT
195 Church Street
New Haven, CT 06510
203-784-3159

Newark, NJ
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973-848-1244

Washington, DC
800-685-1429

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