Innovation and Technology Investments in Infrastructure

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, social infrastructure, and maritime/riverine port spaces. John has represented public clients in Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, Indiana, Nebraska, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Alaska, among others. John has represented lenders, as well as developer consortia, 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. John also has considerable experience in general construction and EPC contracting in the energy, renewable energy, and emerging technology spaces. He has led project developments involving wind, solar, geothermal, and waste-to-energy resources, and he has helped private clients commercialize energy-related technology. Before becoming a lawyer, John served for more than a decade in the U.S. Navy as an officer, aviator, flight instructor, and Naval ROTC instructor at Virginia Tech.