We are experienced Public Finance Lawyers

As communities look for funding partners on everything from stadiums to affordable housing, public finance is growing in importance, popularity—and complexity.

Whether you’re a public entity, the driving force behind a development or an investor trying to determine if a project fits your or your clients’ investment needs, we have the knowledge and experience to successfully negotiate a wide range of public finance project terms.

Hurtado Zimmerman SC has served as bond counsel, co-bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel and borrower’s counsel for a range of public and private entities.

Our clients include: developers (public and private), municipal and state governments and governmental agencies, engineering firms, contractors, architects and lenders.

Rely on us to:

• Negotiate and document project financing terms
• Secure letters of credit
• Prepare applications for private and federal grant/loan programs (including HUD)
• Analyze funding options and secure/restructure public and private financing
• Draft resolutions for public review
• Present projects to public bodies to secure bond resolution approval
• Prepare and negotiate mortgages, UCC filings and other security mechanisms
• Ensure compliance with bond requirements
• Issue legal opinions related to issuance underwriting

Project types:

• General obligation bonds—with and without full faith and credit and bonding backstops
• Revenue and refunding revenue bonds and notes
• Commercial paper and short-term issuances
• School/sewer revenue anticipation notes
• Industrial
• Private school bonds
• Tax increment financing
• Green bond certification and green incentive tax credits for energy conservation and renewable energy use
• Economic development and multiple tranche loan packages
• American Recovery Act funding