Nixon Peabody LLP

Nixon Peabody LLP‘s team of public finance lawyers possess ’relative expertise in subsets of the infrastructure field’, resulting in a ‘skilled and well-balanced process’ during the wide breadth of PPPs they routinely engage in. A comprehensive sector focus across infrastructure results in the group acting for public and private sector clients for the procurement, financing and development piece, and also possess the ability to handle tax-related issues. The group is headed up by Virginia Wong who is particularly well-regarded for her bond counsel and has multi-billion dollar debt restructurings and tax-exempt and taxable municipal financings as part of a wide body of work. Dan Deaton predominantly acts as bond, disclosure and underwriter’s counsel on transportation matters, while Roderick Devlin offers significant experience advising the lenders to shortlisted bidders for substantial infrastructure builds. John Hutchinson is routinely sought out as lead tax counsel on P3 ventures and has been active on port developments. Chris Reitzel is another key public and project finance lawyer, commonly positioned in complex, multi-faceted projects as underwriter or bond counsel. Rudy Salo is also recommended. Deaton and Salo operate out of Los Angeles, whereas the rest of team operate from New York.