Public Finance Connell Foley LLP has a distinguished and comprehensive Public Finance group experienced in serving as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, borrower's counsel and trustee's counsel in connection with publicly offered, long-term tax-exempt bonds and other similar financings. As bond counsel, the firm has extensive experience in obtaining financing of development projects through participation in the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust/Fund Loan Program which finances landfill closure and clean-up of Brownfields and contaminated properties, water-quality-justified land acquisition, construction of and upgrades to storm water management systems, wastewater treatment facilities, sludge handling facilities, and drinking water projects. For the last several years the firm has represented the largest participant in this program, the Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority, in obtaining millions of dollars to redevelop its waste water treatment facility. In its capacity as underwriter counsel on behalf of Morgan Stanley & Co., JP Morgan Chase and Merrill Lynch & Co, the firm has served with respect to numerous financings, including bonds and certificates of participation issued by the New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, the New Jersey Transit Authority and various municipal and county utility authorities. As borrower counsel, the firm has broad experience representing borrowers in obtaining tax-exempt financings. Recent examples include our representation of Seton Hall University in the financing of a new science center and a unit of Railroad Construction Company, Inc. in the issuance of New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) bonds. We have served as corporate trust counsel for leading financial institutions, including Wachovia Bank, N.A., The Bank of New York, Commerce Bank, N.A. and Wilmington Trust Corp., in connection with a vast array of project financings. The firm is listed in The Bond Buyer's Directory of Municipal Bond Dealers (also known as "the Redbook"). Contact: Philip F. McGovern Partners/Counsel: John D. Cromie Virginia M. Edwards Adrian M. Foley, Jr. Kenneth F. Kunzman Philip F. McGovern     About Us | Practice Areas | News | Attorneys | Publications Career Opportunities | Locations | Contact