Jeffrey Philp (Jeff)

Jeff Philp advises lenders and sponsors in connection with a variety of project-based financings. He represents financial institutions as lenders, investors, underwriters, and placement agents.

Jeff has worked on financings for a nitrogen fertilizer plant in Iowa and a methanol facility in Texas, in both cases representing the developer, a biowaste to ethanol facility in North Dakota, and capital improvements to a power company's supply systems; the exit financing of a publicly financed hotel and convention center in Illinois; the financing of the diversion channel portion of a comprehensive project to reduce flood risk and damage in metropolitan Fargo, North Dakota; the financing of a central utility district in Missouri; and the financing/refinancing of a biomedical research facility in San Antonio, Texas.

Prior to joining Jones Day in 2025, Jeff was a member of the team that developed the first revolving loan fund to provide financing for facilities for charter schools; assisted with the issuance by a national real estate developer of taxable corporate debt to finance costs of constructing a 550-unit luxury apartment tower in San Francisco; advised the mezzanine lender with the financing of a multi-building, multifamily housing complex in San Francisco; and advised the developer of the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park and represented Bank of America as underwriter in the refinancing for a residential tower in New York's Financial District. Jeff has also advised on securitizations of portfolios of loans and municipal bonds in secondary market transactions.

He has served as bond counsel and underwriter's counsel in connection with offerings nationally, including in New York, California, and the District of Columbia.