Public Finance
USA Guide 2024 : Illinois
Band 2
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Provided by Foley & Lardner LLP
Foley’s Public Finance attorneys have long been leaders in public finance with a yearly average of almost 300 transactions and an aggregate principal amount of more than $17 billion.
Our attorneys leverage their experience in all of the principal public finance capacities to create transactions to meet your needs. We serve as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, and conduit borrower’s counsel. We also represent other participants such as credit enhancers, liquidity providers, securitizers, and major investors.
We focus on tax exemption, arbitrage rebate, and disclosure counseling and due diligence in a variety of market sectors, including government finance, housing, health care, airport and transportation, economic development, student loans, asset securitization, and swaps and derivatives.
Through our broad experience in finance and related legal services, our deal-making focus, and our knowledge of the industry, we can help you create transactions that meet your needs.
Chambers Review
Foley & Lardner LLP has a varied Chicago-based public finance practice which sees it handle transactions in the healthcare, housing and transport sectors, among others. The firm regularly represents developers on tax-exempt bond financings. The team has expertise acting as both purchasers and issuer's counsel, including for financial institutions and local authorities.
Work Highlights
- Foley & Lardner LLP advised JPMorgan Chase Bank as purchaser's counsel on the issuance of $107.5 million Wisconsin Public Power Commission power supply system revenue bonds.
Notable Practitioners
Heidi Jeffrey is highly capable at handling municipal bond financings in broad spectrum of areas. She regularly represents healthcare sector clients in public finance transactions.
"Heidi is an excellent healthcare finance practitioner."
Laura Bilas is a well-respected practitioner in the Illinois public finance space. She has notable expertise in the healthcare sector as well as on other social infrastructure financings.
"Laura is a phenomenal lawyer in Chicago."