Public Finance

The Public Finance Group of GSH is experienced in a wide variety of public issuances. Its attorneys are dedicated to representing public entities in all phases of public finance. We represent issuers, underwriters, credit providers, trustees, and private beneficiaries in various types of tax-exempt and taxable financings. We serve as bond, underwriters’, tax, disclosure, credit provider’s, trustee’s, and special counsel. Our experience includes serving as counsel in transactions involving transportation bonds, governmental bonds, qualified hospital and health facilities bonds, qualified section 501(c)(3) bonds, qualified mortgage bonds, and other activity bonds.

A few highlights regarding our practice include:

• Advised on over $15 billion in municipal finance transactions in 2010 and 2011
• Ranked 10th by The Bond Buyer as “Top Underwriters Counsel” for 2010
• Ranked 7th among “Top Underwriters Counsel” 2009 First Quarter by The Bond Buyer
• Ranked 4th in Wisconsin and Illinois relative to the dollar volume of bond transactions handled in 2008 according to The Bond Buyer

GSH is listed in The Bond Buyer’s Municipal Marketplace (Red Book). A sampling of GSH’s public clients include: Illinois Finance Authority, Chicago Transit Authority, City of Chicago, State of Illinois, Chicago Board of Education, Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District, Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, City of Milwaukee, State of Connecticut, Indiana Development Finance Authority, Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank, Indianapolis Public School Multi-School Building Corporation, the Ohio Southern State Community College, and the State of Ohio.

Representative Experience

• Served as bond counsel in connection with $133,485,000 Dormitory Authority of the State of New York State Personal Income Tax Revenue Bonds (Education) Qualified School Construction Bonds.
• Recently served as bond counsel in connection with the City of Philadelphia’s $396,460,000 Water and Wastewater Revenue Refunding Bonds.
• Served as bond counsel in connection with $461,342,259 Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Turnpike Subordinate Revenue Bonds and MLF-Enhanced Turnpike Subordinate Special Revenue Bonds.
• Served as co-bond counsel in connection with the State of Ohio’s $375,000,000 Infrastructure Revenue Bonds.
• Served as underwriters’ counsel in connection with $185,000,000 State of Wisconsin Transportation Revenue Bonds transaction.
• Served as co-bond counsel and co-underwriters’ counsel in connection with numerous financings issued by the Chicago Transit Authority.
• Served as underwriters’ counsel in connection with the 2008 issuance of $2,276,578,271 State of Connecticut, Taxable General Obligation Bonds.
• Currently and have previously served as co-bond counsel in connection with several City of Chicago financings, including the issuance of Motor Fuel Tax Revenue Bonds, General Obligation Bonds, and Wastewater Transmission Revenue Bonds.
• Served as co-underwriters’ counsel in connection with the recent O’Hare International Airport transaction financed through the City of Chicago, and have also been assigned to work on the conversion of some of the 2005 bonds that were credit enhanced through insurance.
• Provided co-bond counsel services in connection with issuance of State of Illinois General Obligation Bonds, and the Chicago Board of Education Unlimited Tax General Obligation Refunding Bonds.
• Since 2002, provide bond counsel services to the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority on numerous multi-family and single-family transactions.
• Provide bond counsel services to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District since 2001 regarding the issuance of General Obligation Sewerage System Bonds and General Obligation Sewerage System Promissory Notes.