Public Finance

Benesch’s Public Finance Practice Group serves public and private sector clients by providing them with creative public finance strategies and responsive, knowledgeable counsel. As nationally recognized bond counsel, our public finance practice is composed of attorneys with experience in all aspects of taxable and tax-exempt financing.

Public and private sector entities rely on Benesch’s Public Finance Practice Group for counsel across a full range of critical public financing issues. Our public finance attorneys serve as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, issuer's counsel, borrower's counsel, credit enhancer's counsel and trustee’s counsel for a wide range of private and public sector clients, including, but not limited to:

• 501(c)(3) organizations and board trustees
• Towns, cities, schools and counties
• State governments and their departments
• Airports
• Recycling and manufacturing companies
• Multi-family and single-family housing
• National and regional investment banking firms
• Energy-related companies
• Financial institutions
• Health care providers

Benesch also provides counsel to private and public sector clients in connection with economic development incentives, including tax increment financings (TIFs), new community authorities, joint economic development districts and zones (JEDDs and JEDZs), community reinvestment areas (CRAs), enterprise zones and a variety of other incentive programs.

Benesch’s public finance attorneys recognize that strategic decision-making and community support are necessary for a project to succeed. Our public finance attorneys take the time to learn about our clients’ unique challenges to customize our services accordingly and provide the best and most efficient solutions.