Attorneys by Trade | Community Builders by Passion
PUBLIC FINANCE
Issuer's Counsel & Borrower's Counsel
Our Firm takes pride in representing municipal issuers and private borrowers on both public and private finance transactions. We also assist our Issuer and Borrower clients in evaluating and observing post-issuance covenant obligations, negotiating amendments and modifications, and navigating regulatory and operational matters that arise
Our Firm takes pride in representing municipal issuers and private borrowers on both public and private finance transactions. We also assist our Issuer and Borrower clients in evaluating and observing post-issuance covenant obligations, negotiating amendments and modifications, and navigating regulatory and operational matters that arise along the way.
We render requisite legal opinions. But we believe that the core of our service lies in helping our clients be ever prepared to execute their financial goals and access capital as and when needed.
Bond Counsel & Special Tax Counsel
Our attorneys have served as Bond Counsel on more than 150 municipal debt issuances. This transaction experience has cultivated a critical awareness of the pertinent legal and regulatory issues that are central to a variety of different credits, and a proven ability to provide forward-focused, timely, detailed and efficient deal manageme
Our attorneys have served as Bond Counsel on more than 150 municipal debt issuances. This transaction experience has cultivated a critical awareness of the pertinent legal and regulatory issues that are central to a variety of different credits, and a proven ability to provide forward-focused, timely, detailed and efficient deal management.
We believe that competent and effective Bond Counsel service is not only engaged when there is a transaction to execute. Rather, as effective Bond Counsel we are prepared to engage year-round, assisting our clients with a multitude of issues including, but not limited to:
· guidance on existing covenant and notice provisions;
· guidance regarding capital improvement finance, debt portfolio, and ancillary finance issues and opportunities;
· Responses to rating agency, creditor and bondholder, and Internal Revenue Service inquiries.
Disclosure Counsel
Underwriter's Counsel & Bank's Counsel
Our Firm presents almost 20 years of experience serving as Disclosure Counsel for municipal debt issuances, including bonds, notes, commercial paper, certificates of participation and other similar municipal finance debt instruments. This includes new money transactions, current refundings, advance refundings, forward-deliveries, remarket
Our Firm presents almost 20 years of experience serving as Disclosure Counsel for municipal debt issuances, including bonds, notes, commercial paper, certificates of participation and other similar municipal finance debt instruments. This includes new money transactions, current refundings, advance refundings, forward-deliveries, remarketings, tenders, defeasances, restructurings, and bifurcations and exchanges.
This experience includes both new and established credits in various market sectors, including but not limited to, airports, higher education, special districts, healthcare, general government, water utilities, electric utilities, gas utilities, K-12 schools, toll roads, and public private partnerships.
Underwriter's Counsel & Bank's Counsel
Underwriter's Counsel & Bank's Counsel
Our attorneys have significant experience serving as Underwriter's Counsel on publicly-offered bond issuances, and as Bank's Counsel on privately-placed loans and liquidity facilities for governmental and not-for-profit entities. This transaction experience involves a variety of credits, including but not limited to higher education, air
Our attorneys have significant experience serving as Underwriter's Counsel on publicly-offered bond issuances, and as Bank's Counsel on privately-placed loans and liquidity facilities for governmental and not-for-profit entities. This transaction experience involves a variety of credits, including but not limited to higher education, airports, K-12 education, general obligation, utilities, and special assessments. Further, the transactions involved include debt issuances by large and small issuers.
As a firm focused on serving financial institutions, we are keenly aware that the evolving regulatory landscape requires a heightened level of vigilance, as our underwriter clients continue to maintain best practices for compliance and thorough underwriting and deal execution processes.
Public Finance: The seed that started this forest.
The significant majority of our experience comes from serving as lead Bond Counsel, Disclosure Counsel, Issuer's Counsel, Underwriter's Counsel or Bank's Counsel on a variety of municipal credits and structures. Over the course of her career, Camille Evans has served as lead Bond Counsel or lead Disclosure Counsel on more than 300 debt issuances, including both public and private offerings of bonds, notes, commercial paper, certificates of participation, lines of credit and other similar public finance debt instruments.
Our transaction experience includes developing, negotiating, and implementing new amendments to modernize senior/subordinate security lien structures, and other springing amendments. Likewise, our team is well prepared to negotiate and draft indentures, resolutions, credit agreements, and other material documents incorporating fixed and/or variable interest rate concepts, as well as all relevant disclosure documents.
