Eckert Seamans Ranked Among Leading Bond Counsel Firms: #1 in Pennsylvania and #5 in New Jersey by Data Collected on behalf of The Bond Buyer
March 24, 2022
Eckert Seamans was recently ranked as number 1 bond counsel in Pennsylvania and number 5 in New Jersey for 2021 by The Bond Buyer, a daily national trade newspaper focused on covering the municipal bond industry. The ratings are based on aggregate dollar amount of long-term financings. Data is compiled by Refinitiv.
“This welcome recognition is based on the hard work of our team of public finance attorneys and staff who led our clients through pandemic-related challenges to deliver exceptional legal advice, guidance, and service,” said Marc S. Stein, Member and Chair of Eckert Seamans’ Public Finance practice group.
The Public Finance Group at Eckert Seamans maintains a multistate practice. Its roles as counsel include serving as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriter’s counsel, bank counsel (credit enhancement, loan and lines of credit, direct purchase, and derivatives), borrower’s counsel, trustee’s counsel, and tax counsel. The attorneys in the group are fully conversant with the state and federal laws applicable to the issuance of any public debt, the federal tax law provisions that may be applicable in any issuance, and applicable federal and state securities laws. In addition, the group’s practice expertise includes drafting legislation for debt and finance matters for state and local governments and representing debtors and creditors in bankruptcies and workouts for debtors who are obligors on tax-exempt bonds.