Wastewater Facility

Negotiated and drafted multiphase design, construction and operation contracts, both cost-plus and fixed price, with complex pricing mechanisms, for a Seattle wastewater facility.

Waste-To-Energy Facility

Advised on construction and operation contracts for a waste-to-energy facility in Eastern Washington.

Student Housing Project Finance Counsel

Represented a national developer in the development of student housing (multiunit structures) financed with private equity and 501(c)(3) private activity bonds.

Student Dining Facility And Ancillary Improvement Project

Represented a state university in Alaska in the development, financing, operation and management of a student dining facility and ancillary improvements financed with lease revenue bonds.

Privatizations Of Military Facilities For U.S. Army

Represented numerous public-private partnerships in the development, construction, financing, operation and management of military housing, infrastructure and other facilities for the U.S. Army in Alaska, Hawaii and other installations across the country.  The Army Hawaii Family Housing transaction was named North American PPP Deal of the Year by Project Finance magazine.  We also represented a P3 in the privatization of various water and wastewater infrastructures located on an Army installation in Texas.

Privatization Of State Lottery

Represented a state exploring the privatization of its lottery program.

PPP Focused On U.S. Military Facilities In Korea

Represented a consortium which bid on the concession to develop, construct, finance, operate, maintain and manage a large-scale community and related infrastructure for U.S. military personnel stationed in the Republic of Korea.

O’Hare Airport Redevelopment

Represented partners of a development team in the preparation of a bid response to an RFP by the City of Chicago for the redevelopment of the international terminal at O'Hare International Airport.

Navy And Marine Corps Military Privatizations

Represented public-private partnerships in the development, construction, financing, operation and management of certain military facilities in Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina and South Carolina for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.

Military Facility Privatizations For U.S. Air Force

Represented public-private partnerships in the development, construction, financing, operation and management of certain military facilities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii and New Mexico for the U.S. Air Force.

Financial Asset Securitizations For Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc.

Represent the Community Reinvestment Fund (CRF), a leading secondary market provider of small business loans that has funded or otherwise purchased more than $1 billion in loans over the past 20 years—virtually all of which are eligible for Community Reinvestment Act credits. Serve as sole outside counsel, responsible for structuring, documenting, and providing the necessary legal opinions for all of CRF's secondary market financings, including fund formation of various New Market Tax Credit loan pools, pooling and servicing agreements, and securities offerings for rated and unrated asset-backed securities and similar arrangements.

Federally Funded Water And Sewer Project

Represented a state in its proposed sale and leaseback of federally funded and municipally owned water and sewer facilities and its related agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Czech Oil Refinery Privatization

Represented the government of the Czech Republic in the privatization of its oil refineries and partnerships with major oil producers for the development and operation of the refineries.

Counsel To City In 200-Acre/Landfill PPP Project

Served as project counsel to a city in its public-private partnership with a private developer in a large-scale economic revitalization project involving the redevelopment of over 200 acres of property, including a former landfill site.

Chicago Skyway Bridge Privatization

Represented an infrastructure fund in evaluating and preparing a bid response to an RFP by the City of Chicago for the Skyway Bridge privatization.

Bridge Development For State Of Washington

Represented construction contractor in the development, construction and financing of a tolled suspension bridge in Washington State.

Bond Counsel In Hyatt Hotel Public Financing

Served as bond counsel for the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority in connection with the public financing and ownership of an 800-room hotel operated by Hyatt Corporation at McCormick Place in Chicago.