Steptoe & Johnson's Public Finance Practice represents issuers, investment bankers and other market participants throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southwest regions.
Innovative and Accessible
The Public Finance Practice includes not only representation of issuers of all sizes and levels of sophistication, but also financial institutions which range from market leading international investment banks to highly specialized regional firms to local commercial banks. This diverse group of clients, along with the firm’s regional experience, provides firm lawyers with a unique perspective on each financing. The team focuses on the end result and providing added value to clients, without making the transaction more complicated than necessary.
Representative Experience
- Represented a market leading international investment bank in refinancing over $200 million dollars of pollution control and solid waste disposal bonds
- Served as bond counsel for refunding and restructuring of five series of taxable and tax-exempt debt for a private university
- Served as bond counsel for the issuance of the first water revenue bonds secured by capacity improvement fees in the State of West Virginia
- Represented a market leading investment bank in the first public bond issue to refinance sales excise tax revenue bonds in the State of West Virginia
Depth and Breadth
Members of the Public Finance Practice team are regularly involved in a wide array of non-transaction related projects, including legislative drafting, lobbying and government relations. Lawyers work proactively with clients to develop innovative and unique solutions to each client’s challenges.
Areas of Representation
| Water and Wastewater Government Relations Industrial Development Nonprofit Corp Financing Taxable Pension Financing |
Credit Enhancement Health Care Financing Public Power Financing Tax Increment Financing Transportation Financing |
General Obligation Bonds Higher Education Financing Assessment Districts Housing Audits and Workouts |
Added Value for Clients
The Public Finance Practice team believes that drafting documents and closing the deal is only one important part of lawyer representation. The team strives to add additional value to the project on behalf of clients by providing the best possible counsel regarding opportunities which the financing may present. In summary, Public Finance Practice team members work with clients to maximize the issuer’s return on the infrastructure investment.
