Banking & Finance

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Provided by Locke Lord LLP

Public Finance

Locke Lord’s premier, nationally-recognized Public Finance Practice has over 130 years of involvement in the law of public borrowing and the federal tax and securities aspects of public debt obligations, earning us recognition as one of the foremost public finance law firms in the country.‎

• 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
• Ranked No. 8 on The Bond Buyer's Top Underwriters’ Counsel list, with 60 issues totaling $7.3 billion and No. 10 for Top Special Tax Counsel for the full year 2022
• Multiple Top Bond Counsel rankings in The Bond Buyer's 2022 Northeast Yearend Review, including: No. 2 in Mass and N.H., No. 3 in Maine and R.I., No. 7 in the region

Debt Finance

Locke Lord's Debt Finance Practice serves clients in all parts of the commercial lending & finance industry, including ‎banks, ‎specialty finance firms, investment funds, SBIC funds, insurance companies, private ‎equity investors and ‎portfolio companies.‎ Our lawyers are actively engaged in a variety of financings:

• National and international syndicated credit facilities
• Mezzanine, second lien and “unitranche” financings
• High-yield and convertible debt issuances
• Asset-based financings
• DIP and exit financings
• Tax-exempt financings
• Master limited partnership financings
• Energy financings
• Structured financings
• Multicurrency financings
• Highly leveraged transactions