Industries & Practices
Public Finance
Through bonds and other financing options, we support health, safety, education, energy and economic development.
From clients who are contemplating a bond financing for the first time to those who are frequent issuers of multi-million dollar bond issues, we supply comprehensive advice that begins with the preliminary planning stage for the project, continues through the process of committee meetings and meetings of the legislative authority, and culminates with the funding of the capital project.
Bricker Graydon’s Public Finance group is known regionally for developing innovative financing structures. We are the largest public finance practice group in Ohio, and every attorney in the group is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers. Our lawyers are listed in the Bond Buyer’s Red Book of bond counsel, and we have been widely recognized by issuers and the underwriting community as a law firm with a national caliber bond counsel opinion.
We are experienced with the following:
- Debt financings for governmental purposes
- Economic development finance and incentives
- Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)/energy efficiency
- Structured finance transactions for non-profit and other entities
- Private purpose bond financings
- Tax-exempt and taxable leases
- Election proceedings for voted levies, bond issues and charter questions
- Tax and revenue anticipatory notes
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Post-issuance compliance services
Advise public entities on spending ARPA funds
The firm currently advises approximately three dozen public entity clients across Ohio. We often take calls from around the country based on our regularly published articles detailing whether and h...
MoreProposed Honda-LG Energy Solution $3.5 billion bat...
Represented Fayette County, the Jefferson Township - Washington Court House Joint Economic Development District, and the West Central Ohio Port Authority in various aspects of the proposed Honda-LG...
MoreRoyal Canin pet food manufacturing facility in Pre...
Served as legal counsel to a port authority in connection with the authorization of a sales and use tax abatement on building materials for a 410,000 square-foot Royal Canin dry pet food manufactur...
MoreL Brands Beauty Park campus in New Albany, Ohio
Served as bond counsel to the Heath-Newark-Licking County Port Authority for an approximately $230,000,000 revenue bond issue to fund the costs of construction of a 360,000 square-foot office facil...
MoreFinancings and refinancings for institutions of hi...
Serve as bond counsel and issuer counsel to community colleges, public and private institutions and universities across Ohio seeking to take advantage of the low-interest rate environment in order ...
MoreBond counsel for Ohio community college for culina...
Served as bond counsel to an Ohio community college in connection with the tax-exempt financing of their new, cutting-edge culinary arts center.
MoreCommunity college $300 million voted bond issue
Served as bond counsel to an Ohio community college for its first issue of general obligation bonds approved by the Ohio county voters in a $300 million voted bond issue dedicated to financing a ph...
More$120 million mixed-use development project
Successfully led the closing of a mixed-use public-private development project in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Served multiple roles in the project’s financing, including as bond counsel to the d...
MoreSale and acquisition of new headquarters
Assisted a local developer with the sale and partial leaseback of their previous headquarters and the acquisition of new headquarters. Our team handled all real estate aspects including the sale of...
MoreConversion of a former munitions factory
Served as counsel to a port authority for a capital lease transaction, providing a sales tax exemption to the developer and property owner. The transaction enables the conversion of a former m...
MoreAreas of Focus
Finance & Levy Planning
We help local subdivisions obtain and maintain the resources they need. We routinely serve as bond counsel, underwriters’ counsel, trustee counsel, issuer’s counsel, and/or company counsel in financings ranging from large publicly-offered general obligations. special obligation and revenue bond issues to smaller privately placed debt issuances. Our experience includes tax levies of all types, as well as lease-purchase arrangements, collaborative agreements, protection of assessed valuation, tax abatement and exemption issues, booster and foundation support, and more.
Economic Development Finance
Utilizing the economic development tools that best suit our clients’ goals, we structure and layer resources, connecting government entities and private developers with available financial incentives. Tax increment financing and joint economic development districts are just a few of the areas in which we are highly experienced.
MoreEnergy Finance & PACE
Participating in the issuance of Ohio’s first property-assessed clean energy (PACE) bonds, our firm is a national leader in the area of energy project finance. We help public entities use funding opportunities to update existing office buildings or warehouses or to acquire an alternative energy source, like solar panels or wind turbines, without impacting certain local debt limitations. We have facilitated over $500 million of PACE transactions for over 200 PACE projects. Visit our PACE Financing Resource Center >>
501(c)(3) Project Finance
From the time a 501(c)(3) borrower first identifies a facility or capital-related need to the first day of operation, we blend real estate, project finance, compliance and taxation knowledge to advise our clients through each phase of growth. Our clients include health care providers and other non-profit organizations.
Underwriters' Counsel
Our attorneys regularly represent underwriters in bond financings. In this role, we draft the official statement, the purchase agreement and the continuing disclosure agreement for the transaction and guide our client in completing due diligence review.
Higher Education
Bricker & Eckler is a leader in higher education finance and regularly serves as bond counsel, university counsel and underwriters' counsel in connection with tax-exempt financing for private and state universities.
Post-Issuance Compliance
Our attorneys and public finance analysts have decades of experience assisting clients with their post-issuance compliance responsibilities. We develop post-issuance compliance policies and procedures, manage federal continuing disclosure filings, and provide arbitrage and rebate computation services. We also represent clients in IRS bond audits and provide advice on matters related to federal tax law such as change of use and private business activity.
People
John Caleb Bell, CRE®
Partner & Public Finance Practice Group Chair
Tyler J. Bridge
Associate
Tyler J. Compton
Associate
William T. Conard II
Partner
Price D. Finley
Partner
John Flis
Associate
Jeffry D. Harris
Of Counsel
Brendan Heil
Attorney
Mike Jacoby, CEcD
Economic Development Consultant
Christopher B. Jones
PACE Financing Consultant
Colin J. Kalvas
Partner
Julia E. Konieczny
Associate
Glenn S. Krassen
Of Counsel
Jacquelin R. Lewis
Partner
M. Shannon Martin
Partner
William D. Mason
Of Counsel
Robert F. McCarthy
Partner
Isaac A. McGlone
Public Finance Analyst
Tracy L. McKenna
Public Finance Analyst
Sarah E. O’Dea
Of Counsel
Rebecca C. Princehorn
Partner
Michael Ringle
Staff Attorney
Paul S. Rutter
Partner
Larry D. Scurlock
Sr. Public Finance Analyst
Adam W. Seeley
Associate
Matthew L. Stout
Partner
Catherine M. Swartz
Partner
Jason Tiemeier
Senior Associate
Maximalian C. Ungerman
Staff Attorney