We have an active practice in all phases of tax-exempt finance.  We have served in various private placement and public offering transactions as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, lender's counsel, and counsel for the corporate obligor or real estate developer.

The field of public finance has changed dramatically in the past decade.  The laws governing tax exemption of debt instruments have become increasingly intricate, and it has become necessary to develop new approaches to structuring transactions in order to deal with such complexities.  Two of our attorneys are nationally recognized in tax-exempt finance, with listings in the Bond Buyers Municipal Market Place (the "Red Book"), and one of our lawyers has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America.  We have earned a reputation as an authority in the area of public finance by keeping abreast of recent changes.

Also see Financings & Underwritings.

We regularly address the following legal issues for our clients:

  • Airport revenue bonds

  • Certificates of participation

  • Conduit or pass-through financing for housing facilities

  • Credit enhancement

  • Energy savings obligation

  • "Exempt-Facility" bonds

  • General obligation bonds

  • Hospital bonds

  • Housing bonds

  • Industrial revenue bonds

  • Lease financing

  • Lease to service contracts

  • Leasehold revenue bonds

  • Leveraged and synthetic equipment leasing

  • Pollution control bonds

  • Private placement or public sale

  • Private purpose financings

  • Public purpose financings for state agencies and authorities, counties, cities, school districts, special purpose districts, and municipal nonprofit corporations and authorities

  • Refinancing and refunding

  • Revenue anticipation notes

  • Special obligation bonds

  • Structured debt financing

  • Structured multi-tiered public and private financing packages involving public money, private debt, and equity financing

  • Tax-exempt and tax advantaged financing structures