Public Finance

As a seasoned leader in the area of public finance, Mintz has established a network of long-standing relationships with issuers, underwriters, institutional investors, borrowers, financial advisors, corporate trustees, credit enhancers, rating agencies, consultants and other market participants. We are one of the few public finance firms with a major presence in representing issuers as well as institutional investors in both new transactions and distressed transactions. We bring the perspective of the bond purchasers to our representation of bond issuers and underwriters, and the likely perspective of the “sell side” to our representation of bond purchasers. Our distressed side knowledge of the practical impact of transaction structures helps us shape what might otherwise seem legal boilerplate to avoid unintended consequences in bond issuance and  during the extensive period in which a long-term financing remains in place. We bring our knowledge of the outlook of other transaction participants, as well as the strength of out pre-existing relationships with such participants, to bear in maximizing the cohesion and efficiency of the “working group” for our client’s benefit.     

With our breadth and depth of expertise and experience with “classic” public finance work and the buy-side/distressed debt side of the market, our practice is tailored to fit all of our client’s needs. We thrive on collaboration, with seamless communication across offices and practice areas to better serve each client with all of their related legal needs. We are proud of having the deepest bench of any public finance practice in Boston and New England, and a national, market-leading practice as a “go to” law firm for buy-side representation in both new money and workout transactions involving municipally-issued tax-exempt and taxable debt.