Steve T. Park

Steve T. Park advises issuers, underwriters, borrowers, and purchasers in connection with the structuring, issuance, offering, placement, remarketing, and restructuring of tax-exempt and taxable municipal securities and other debt instruments and derivatives. He serves as bond, borrower's, and underwriter's counsel to various clients, including investment banking firms, higher education institutions, health care institutions, school districts, and municipalities. 

Mr. Park also advises clients in all phases of transportation and infrastructure projects. Some notable engagements include: 

• Virginia Department of Transportation – I-95 HOT Lanes Project – Serves as special counsel to the Department in a public-private partnership for the development of HOT Lanes on I-95 in northern Virginia.
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Turnpike – Represented the Commonwealth in connection with the proposed privatization of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
• Colorado Department of Transportation – US 36 Managed Lanes Project – Served as TIFIA Counsel in connection with a TIFIA Loan to redevelop and construct high-occupancy managed toll lanes on US 36 between Denver and Boulder.
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – Southport Project – Represented the Commonwealth and the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority in connection with the development of a new marine container terminal facility in Philadelphia.
• Federal Railroad Administration – Denver Union Station – Represented the FRA in connection with an RRIF Loan to redevelop and rehabilitate Denver Union Station.

Pro Bono Experience

Mr. Park is an active participant in election monitoring with the Committee of Seventy and AALDEF.

Professional Activities

Philadelphia Bar Association

National Association of Bond Lawyers 

Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania

Ballard Spahr's Hiring Committee

Publications

Co-author of Ballard Spahr alerts:

"Maryland Passes P3 Legislation," April 9, 2013

"President Obama Proposes Plan To Encourage Private Investment in Infrastructure," April 5, 2013

"Water Infrastructure Loan Program Reintroduced in Congress," March 5, 2013

"P3 Solution for Pennsylvania Bridge Repairs Must Wait for Transportation Plan To Pass," February 13, 2013

"Can New Jersey Bank on the Infrastructure Bank?" February 11, 2013 

"Pennsylvania's P3 Implementation Manual: An Overview," January 10, 2013

"New Report Identifies $2.5 Billion-Plus in Delaware Valley Infrastructure Funding Needs," November 7, 2012

"Pennsylvania P3 Board Members Named," October 1, 2012

"Obama Signs Transportation Bill," July 12, 2012

"Pennsylvania Joins Growing List of States with P3 Legislation," July 6, 2012

"Chicago Adopts Innovative Infrastructure Trust," April 30, 2012

Speaking Engagements

"Identifying, Mitigating, and Allocating Risk," Port of Miami, Successful Partnerships for Ports & Intermodal Investments, Pre-Summit Workshop for the Port & Intermodal Finance & Investment Summit, Miami, April 16, 2013

"Current State of PABs, RRIF and TIFIA Programs," The Bond Buyer Transportation Finance/P3 Conference, November 29, 2012

Community Activities

Before joining the firm, Mr. Park worked in several capacities serving the needs of underprivileged, special-education, and at-risk children and teenagers.

Board Memberships

Country Day School of the Sacred Heart
Board Member; Member, Finance Committee

University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 2006)
Senior Editor, Journal of International Economic Law

Dartmouth College (B.A. 1998)

Languages

Korean

Pennsylvania