Public & Structured Finance
Business Services
Walter Haverfield’s public and structured finance attorneys have a broad base of experience in complex financial transactions designed to support economic growth and fund capital programs. By operating at the intersection of business, government, and public policy, our unrivaled counsel in this arena includes serving as bond counsel, issuer’s counsel, underwriter’s counsel, placement agent’s counsel, investor/purchaser counsel and trustee’s counsel for governmental and quasi-governmental entities, national and local private developers, and public companies.
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Our Proven Public & Structured Finance Process
Our firm-wide legal network is focused on supporting every phase of a deal’s process for clients throughout the U.S. and around the world. With the primary goal of delivering practical and legal solutions, we deliver counsel for structuring, due diligence, negotiation, documentation, and closing for both simple and complex transactions.
We are relied on as lead counsel in merger, acquisition, divestiture, and joint venture projects across a wide variety of industries, including:
- Manufacturing
- Financial services
- Aerospace
- Health care
- Medical equipment and devices
- Technology
- Retail
- Logistics and distribution
- Real estate
Recognition
Our business attorneys in our Cleveland and Columbus offices are consistently ranked and recognized by Best Lawyers®, Super Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell, and more. At Walter Haverfield, we pride ourselves on becoming each client’s trusted corporate advisor for all their business needs.
Best Law Firms | 2025
Regional Rankings | Cleveland
- Tier 1
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Economic Development Law
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Real Estate Law
- Tier 2
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Litigation – Environmental
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Tier 3
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – ERISA
National Rankings | USA
- Tier 3
- Banking and Finance Law
- Litigation – Real Estate
Experience
• Representing a regional port authority in connection with conduit lease financing
• Representing developers of various mixed-use projects utilizing bond financing
• Representing a port authority located in Ohio in connection with issuance of taxable conduit lease revenue bonds for ground-up construction and development of a mixed-use office and multi-family facility located in Cleveland
• Representing a port authority located in Ohio in connection with issuance of taxable conduit lease revenue bonds for redevelopment of office tower located in Cleveland for multi-family facility and office use; the project was also supported by other credits and incentives, including Historic Tax Credits and state and county loan and grants
• Representing a placement agent in connection with port authority issuance of taxable capital lease revenue bonds concerning development of an industrial facility in Lake County, Ohio
• Representing a placement agent in connection with port authority issuance of taxable capital lease revenue bonds to finance the acquisition, construction, and development of a hotel in Cleveland