Public Finance - Areas Of Practice - Law Offices of Craig W. Harvey

At the Law offices of Craig W. Harvey, our public finance attorneys provide bond and disclosure counsel services for recognized and sanctioned state agencies as well as local governments. Our counsel services also include underwriter counsel services for both national and regional investment banking firms throughout the state of Texas.

Our firm’s experience related to tax-exempt bond transactions includes general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, and private activity bonds. Our firm’s Practice Areas include:

Public Finance Practice Scope

Bank Counsel Clients

Public Finance Transactions and Projects

Bond Counsel and Disclosure Counsel Clients

Underwriter's Counsel Clients

Bond Volume and Rankings

General and Special Counsel Clients

Banking

Our representation services include domestic commercial banks and trustees in the areas of:

Public debt financing

Credit enhancement and liquidity facilities

Fixed and variable/adjustable rate structures

Commercial paper and auction rate programs

Lease/purchases

Derivative and hedging transactions

Interest rate swaps

In all public finance matters, our firm stands prepared to competently and effectively counsel our clients in the following Industry sectors:

Interest rate swaps

Education

Convention centers

Health care

Electric utilities

Housing

Land development

Water and sewer utilities

Ports

Sports and entertainment facilities

Student loans

Tax increment transactions

Transportation and toll roads

When you need professional knowledge and expertise

Our representation and consultation services in the Public Finance realm go far beyond a precursory knowledge of the law. Our lawyers are equipped to represent our clients who are involved in the issuance of debt for new projects, as well as refinancing existing facilities and programs.

Ensuring that our client’s Public Finance Transactions reflect the latest changes in the Law

Our firm’s attorneys stay abreast of the latest changes in the laws of Public Finance so that we can advise our client’s about the changes in federal income tax, securities and state finance laws. Because we stand astute in the latest laws affecting our client’s Public Finance transactions, this allows our lawyers to not only work with financial advisors and investment bankers in order to help them develop alternative and creative financing structures for public improvement programs, but it also enables our lawyers to work with federal and state regulatory agencies, in order to help secure statutory changes in the Texas Legislature.