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For more than twenty years, our attorneys have been involved
in all aspects of public finance. We have acted as bond counsel,
issuer’s counsel, or underwriter’s counsel in many kinds of
municipal financing, including general obligation bonds, revenue
bonds, certificates of participation, industrial development
bonds and equipment leasing. We have also represented bond
trustees in such transactions. We work well with and coordinate
the efforts of financial advisors, underwriters and rating
agencies. Three of our attorneys,
Langdon D.
Neal, Anne L. Fredd
and Richard F. Friedman are listed as bond counsel in the Bond
Buyer’s Municipal Marketplace Directory.
Our attorneys represent public agencies or private firms in
development projects of any size. In this capacity, we have
worked with such financing entities as the Illinois Development
Finance Authority, the Illinois Educational Facilities Authority,
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development,
the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Chicago School Finance
Authority, the Illinois Capital Development Board, the Board
of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Chicago Board
of Education and the Public Building Commission of Chicago.
We counsel our clients in the legalities of their financial
obligations and the structure of the transactions consistent
with tax laws, municipal authority and constitutional parameters.
We successfully represented participants in such publicly
financed and well-known projects as the University of Illinois
South Campus expansion project, the Medinah Temple redevelopment,
Illinois State Toll Highway reconstruction, numerous projects
for McCormick Place expansions, White Sox Park and the United
Center.
Our public finance experience also includes smaller projects,
involving public financial assistance, such as tax increment
financing and other municipal grant assistance.
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