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John S. Egan
Counsel
Louisville, KY
Counsel
Louisville, KY
John represents the firm’s clients on a variety of municipal bond and project finance issues, serving as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel or company counsel. Increasingly, John’s work involves significant Public Private Partnership (P3) projects, serving as developer counsel or as governmental counsel.
He frequently counsels lenders and borrowers in financial transactions, including syndicated and multi-lender loan transactions. Recent lending work includes structuring loans secured by Bourbon whiskey and other distilled spirits, for banks and specialty lenders. He often advises companies on investment incentives available for new and expanded industry, including tax benefits through use of taxable industrial revenue bond structures.
John is a frequent speaker and author of articles on public finance, project finance, financial transactions and bankruptcy. He is past Chairman of the Louisville Bar Association’s Business Law Section and of the LBA’s Bankruptcy Section. John is a former leader of Frost Brown Todd’s Lending and Commercial Services group.
Assisted the developer in structuring a P3 multi-use project on land leased from a large public university, financed through the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable certificates of participation (COPs) in a lease of the completed facilities back to the university.
Represented the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in negotiating the Bi-State Development Agreement between Kentucky and Indiana for the Louisville Ohio River Bridges project.
Acted as bond counsel for a $330 million tax exempt bond issue in which insured auction-rate bonds were redeemed and replaced by new fixed-rate tax-exempt debt.
Acted as bond counsel for a $125 million tax exempt bond issue for the benefit of a regional non-profit hospital system.
Acted as bond counsel on many direct-purchase bonds for the benefit of non-profit corporations throughout the region.
Duke University School of Law, J.D., 1984, with honors
Johns Hopkins University, M.A., 1975
Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1973
Kentucky, 1993
South Carolina, 1984 – 1993, 2023
U.S. District Courts and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
Western District of Kentucky
Eastern District of Kentucky
Southern District of Indiana
District of South Carolina
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Selected to Kentucky Super Lawyers, 2012-2025
The Best Lawyers in America® 2018, 2024 and 2026 Public Finance “Lawyer of the Year” in Louisville, KY
The Best Lawyers in America® 2016 and 2020 Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization “Lawyer of the Year” in Louisville, KY
The Best Lawyers in America® 2013, 2017, 2021 and 2024 Litigation – Bankruptcy “Lawyer of the Year” in Louisville, KY
The Best Lawyers in America®: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights Law/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2007-2026; Public Finance Law, 2010-2026; Litigation – Bankruptcy, 2011-2026
AV® Rated, Martindale-Hubbell®
Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A, 2015-2020
Kentucky Bar Association
National Association of Bond Lawyers
Subcommittee advising Joint Local Rules Commission of the Eastern and Western Districts of the United States District Court on bankruptcy related issues
American Bankruptcy Institute
Louisville Bar Association, Chairman Business Law Section, 2006
June 16, 2023 | Publications
Effective June 30, 2023, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) joins the Brontosaurus, the dodo ...
February 9, 2021 | Press Releases
Frost Brown Todd (FBT) successfully delivered the first local government public-private partnership ...
November 13, 2017 | Blogs
Although it is still very early in the tax reform process, provisions in the House tax bill propos...
March 27, 2017 | Publications
On March 1, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Release No. 36-80130 (the “R...
February 1, 2016 | Publications
Federal and state “volume cap” allocations for small manufacturing bond issues, underuti...
June 23, 2015 | Publications
The SEC issued a press release and 36 related enforcement orders on June 18, 2015, in connection wit...