Public Finance

Phelps Dunbar's public finance practice serves the needs of our clients through the range of talent offered by our lawyers across a number of offices.

Our attorneys have represented clients in a variety of bond financings involving state and local governments, hospital authorities, school and college districts and both closely held and publicly traded corporations. They have handled a broad spectrum of financial transactions and have acted as bond counsel, issuer's counsel, underwriter's counsel and trustee's counsel for issues of both taxable and tax-exempt general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, refunding bonds and industrial development bonds (IDBs). Attorneys in this practice represent clients in all phases of public finance transactions including preparation of official statements, notices, and other disclosure documents, obtaining credit enhancement, bond insurance and bond ratings, validations, verification of bids and preparation of all other financings documents.

Our bond attorneys are knowledgeable in all areas of the law relating to public finance transactions including federal tax law and securities law. The firm's bond attorneys are active members of the National Association of Bond lawyers (NABL) and the firm is recognized by The Bond Buyer's Municipal Marketplace.

Experience

Representative transactions include:

$24,895,000 and $19,115,000 Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana, Inc. Revenue Bonds, Series 2013A and 2013B - Issuer’s counsel
$80,000,000 Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Bloomfield Holdings, LLC Project), Series 2013 - Bond Counsel and Borrower’s Counsel
$6,000,000 City of Tupelo, Mississippi General Obligation Bonds, Series 2013 - Bond Counsel
$18,250,000 City of Pearl, Mississippi Taxable Urban Renewal Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2012 (Childre Road Urban Renewal Refunding Project) – Bond Counsel and Borrower’s Counsel
$12,500,000 St. Tammany Public Trust Financing Authority Revenue Bonds (Christwood Project), Series 2011
$6,000,000 City of New Roads, Utility Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2011
$42,646,377 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Louisiana Community and Technical College System Project), Series 2011
$15,000,000 Industrial Development Board of New Orleans, Louisiana, Inc. Revenue Bonds (Holy Cross College, Inc. Project), Series 2010
$85,000,000 Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Gulf Opportunity Zone Revenue Bonds (International-Matex Tank Terminals Project), Series 2010
$100,000,000 Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Gulf Opportunity Zone Revenue Bonds (International-Matex Tank Terminals Project), Series 2010A
$90,000,000 Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Gulf Opportunity Zone Revenue Bonds (International-Matex Tank Terminals Project), Series 2010B
$46,600,000 Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Revenue Bonds (Jackson Medical Mall Foundation Project) Series 2010-A, Series 2010-B, Series 2010-C and Series 2010-D
$100,000,000 Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Gulf Opportunity Zone Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (SG Resources Mississippi, L.L.C. Project) Series 2010
$71,630,000 Mississippi Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (North Mississippi Health Services) 2010 Series 1
$3,380,000 Yazoo County, Mississippi, General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2010
$6,020,000 City of Laurel, Mississippi, General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2010
$6,000,000 City of Southaven, Mississippi, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2010
State of Louisiana General Obligation Bonds Refunding, Series 2009-B
$6,500,000 City of Southaven, Mississippi, Mississippi Development Bank Special Obligation Bonds, Series 2009 (Southaven, Mississippi Water & Sewer System Project)
Underwriter's Counsel for $15,520,000 Certificates of Participation, Series 2009 (The University of Southern Mississippi Parking Facilities Construction Project)
Trustee's Counsel for $34,745,060 MBFC Taxable Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, Series 2009 (300 Renaissance, LLC Project)
$49,900,000 S.M. Educational Building Corporation Revenue Bonds, Series 2009 (Campus Facilities Improvements Project)
$2,866,500 Jefferson Parish Economic Development and Port District Taxable Revenue Bonds (Durr Heavy Construction, L.L.C. Project), Series 2009
$9,600,000 Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Ray Brandt Project), Series 2008
$5,550,000 Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Bridge House Corporation Project), Series 2008
$125,000,000 City of Bossier Utilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2008
$9,500,000 (Maximum Principal Amount) Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. Project) Series 2008
$1,216,200 City of Ellisville, Mississippi, Combined Water & Sewer Rural Development Revenue Bond, Series 2008
$343,000 City of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Tax Increment Financing Bonds, Series 2008A (Cypress Centre Marketplace, LLC Project)
$4,000,000 City of Southaven, Mississippi, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2008
$90,000,000 MBFC Taxable Revenue Bond, Series 2008 (Caledonia Energy Partners, LLC Project)
Underwriter's Counsel for $18,605,000 Lost Rabbit Public Improvement District, Special Assessment Bond, Series 2008
$6,480,000 The Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Variable Rate Demand Bonds, Series 2007
$165,000,000 Industrial Development Board of the Parish of Ascension, Louisiana, Inc. Revenue Bonds (IMTT-Geismar Project), Series 2007
$50,000,000 Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (IMTT-Geismar Project), Series 2007
$8,000,000 Louisiana Local Governmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Gulf Opportunity Zone Revenue Bonds (Expert E&P Consultants, L.L.C. Project), Series 2007A
$17,700,000 Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Variable Rate Demand Bonds (Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux), Series 2006
$10,800,000 MBFC Variable Rate Demand Revenue Gulf Opportunity Zone Bonds, Series 2006 (600 Concourse, LLC Project)
$15,000,000 Educational Facilities Notes, Series 2005, of the Itawamba Community College District
$5,000,000 French Market Corporation Taxable Revenue Bonds (Drawdown), Series 2005A