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Provided by Locke Lord LLP

Locke Lord’s Public Finance Practice is a premier, nationally-recognized practice, with over 130 years of involvement in the law of public borrowing and the federal tax and securities aspects of public debt obligations. Our experience and exemplary, high-quality client service have earned us recognition as one of the foremost public finance law firms in the country.‎

• Locke Lord was ranked No. 2 on The Bond Buyer’s 2022 list of Top Bond Counsel for Competitive Sales, with 146 issues totaling more than $3.6 billion — the most issues of any firm in the Top 10
• The Bond Buyer ranked Locke Lord No. 8 on the Top Underwriters’ Counsel list, with 60 issues totaling $7.3 billion and No. 10 for Top Special Tax Counsel for the full year 2022
• In The Bond Buyer's 2022 Northeast Yearend Review, the Public Finance team achieved multiple Top Bond Counsel rankings, including: No. 2 in Mass and N.H., No. 3 in Maine and R.I., No. 7 in the region

The Firm’s public finance lawyers have extensive experience nationwide representing the full range of governmental and quasi-governmental issuers, special purpose entities, tax-exempt organizations and other entities and financial institutions, serving as:

• Bond counsel
• Underwriters’ counsel
• Disclosure counsel
• Issuer’s counsel
• Borrower’s counsel
• Bank counsel
• Special tax counsel
• Trustee’s counsel