Patton Boggs has established a public finance practice and enhanced its private fund investment and infrastructure transactions capabilities with the addition of four attorneys – three in its New York office and one in Washington DC.
Joining the firm in New York are Alphonso E. (Al) Tindall, Jr., Sani A. Williams and Deborah Hartmann Henry.
Joining the firm in Washington DC is Alethia N. Nancoo.
Nancoo and Tindall join as partners, while Williams and Henry join as of counsel. The group brings extensive experience in international, domestic and municipal public and project finance, private fund investment and infrastructure transactions and matters.
"We are thrilled to welcome Al, Alethia, Sani and Debbie to the firm. They are talented, nationally recognised attorneys who bring highly focused skills and knowledge of the public finance world. Their arrival at Patton Boggs opens up a new realm of opportunities for our clients needing assistance with the full spectrum of public finance transactions and private fund investments," says Edward J Newberry (pictured), managing partner of Patton Boggs.
Tindall has been involved in all phases of public finance with more than 30 years of practice experience, including significant state and states authority level issues, principally focused on the development and implementation of state programs created for the benefit of local municipalities. He has represented every major investment bank in the US as underwriter's counsel and has participated in virtually every kind of finance transaction from Connecticut to California, in addition to drafting public finance legislation in a number of states.
Nancoo's expertise is focused on public and project debt financings, with particular emphasis on infrastructure, airport, surface transportation, mixed-use multifamily housing, and water and sewer utility sectors. She has participated in multiple public finance transaction throughout the US, encompassing a variety of financing structures, including: revenue and general obligation bonds, income tax secured bonds, credit liquidity facilities and short term cash flow borrowings.
Williams has specialised in public finance law for more than 15 years, having served as bond counsel, underwriters' counsel and disclosure counsel in connection with tax-exempt and taxable municipal financings by numerous governmental entities located across the country, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Washington DC.
Henry has served as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, borrower's counsel, and special counsel in various tax-exempt revenue financings involving industrial development, airports, colleges and universities, stadiums, housing and health care, water and sewer, tax increment financings, pooled financings, municipal lease and lease-purchase transactions and certificates of participation.
