
Overview
We are a nationally recognized bond counsel firm with extensive experience in both public and project finance. We assist clients with the crucial financial structuring and documentation associated with infrastructure development, including governmental and private activity bonds and public private partnerships (P3s), with the goal of delivering projects that are economically viable and long-lasting.
Public Finance
We serve as bond, disclosure, underwriter, issuer and bank counsel in a wide variety of public finance transactions. Our financing expertise includes assistance to local agencies with the establishment of various types of financing districts and programs, including Mello-Roos community facilities districts and assessment districts. We also help public entities navigate various legal constraints imposed upon the raising of revenue, such as Propositions 13 and 218.
Listed in the Directory of Municipal Bond Dealers, our services cover a diverse range of financing solutions including:
- General Obligation Bonds
- Lease Revenue Bonds
- Certificates of Participation (Installment Sale and Lease-Based)
- Water and Wastewater Financing
- Transportation Financing (including Sales Tax Financings)
- Tax Increment Financing
- Privately Placed Lease Financing
- Assessment District Financing
- Mello-Roos Community Facilities District (CFD) Special Tax Bonds
- Revenue Bonds
- GARVEE Bonds
- Sales Tax Revenue Bonds
- Farebox Revenue Bonds
- Commercial Paper
- Pension Obligation Bond Financing
- Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes
- Other Municipal Asset Securitizations
We also offer advisory services concerning interest rate swap agreements, investment contracts, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements.
Project Finance
Infrastructure development drives economic growth, connects communities and promotes public welfare. Our Project Finance team helps clients navigate the critical financial complexities of such projects by helping arrive at the best financing options to meet their needs and goals. Our experience includes advising on:
- Municipal finance
- GARVEEs (Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicles)
- GANs (Grant Anticipation Notes)
- Federal grant programs
- Private Activity Bonds (PABs)
- TIFIA credit (Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act)
- Local option sales taxes
- Benefit assessment districts
- Special tax districts
- Enterprise revenue sources
We have played key roles in numerous groundbreaking infrastructure projects in the U.S., leveraging public subsidies, private equity, TIFIA and WIFIA loans, bank financings, 501(c)(3) structures and tax-exempt PABs secured by or payable from user fees or availability payments.
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