Public Finance

The Public Finance Group at Eckert Seamans has many years of experience serving as counsel in all types of public finance transactions involving the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable debt, including general obligation as well as structured, revenue-driven, or credit-enhanced, for or on behalf of governments (states, political subdivisions, municipalities, and school districts), not-for-profits, governmental authorities (including mass transit, airport, water, sewer, low and moderate income housing, educational, cultural, health care, and student loan), and private entities (including public/private transactions). The Public Finance Group maintains a multistate practice. The roles as counsel include serving as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriter’s counsel, bank counsel (credit enhancement, loan and lines of credit, direct purchase and derivatives), borrower’s counsel, trustee’s counsel, and tax counsel. The attorneys in the group are fully conversant with the state and federal laws applicable to the issuance of any particular debt, the federal tax law provisions that may be applicable in any issuance, and applicable federal and state securities laws.