About
Provided by Locke Lord LLP
Locke Lord’s Public Finance Practice is a premier, nationally-recognized practice, with over 135 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. 9 on The Bond Buyer’s 2023 list of Top Bond Counsel for Competitive Sales, with 90 issues totaling more than $2 billion
- In The Bond Buyer's 2023 Northeast Yearend Review, the Public Finance team achieved multiple Top Bond Counsel rankings, including: No. 2 in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, No. 3 in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, and No. 7 in the Northeast
- The Public Finance team obtained a National Tier 1 distinction in the 2023 Best Law Firms survey by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®, as well as Metropolitan Tier 1 distinctions for Boston, Cincinnati and Rhode Island
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
