Roddy Devlin and Greg Johnson, two of our experts on Public-Private Partnerships (which you may know as “P3s”), have an excellent overview in The Bond Buyer today ($) of how the federal, state, and local governments in the United States are warming up to the idea of using P3s for infrastructure projects. If you’re more of a … Continue Reading
The new tax-advantaged bond programs in the 2009 Stimulus Act (P.L. 111-5) appeared out of nowhere (or, in the case of direct pay bonds, almost out of nowhere), and left many in the tax-exempt bond community swimming in new concepts for several months. Once everyone finally worked through the new questions (just what was a “permitted sinking fund … Continue Reading
The Bond Buyer recently published a commentary ($) prepared by Squire Patton Boggs’ lawyers Mike Cullers and Roddy Devlin, on the proposal in the Obama Administration’s federal government budget for fiscal year 2016 to expand exempt facility bonds to include a new category – Qualified Public Infrastructure Bonds. Please see this commentary for a primer on the applicable … Continue Reading
Our Tax Policy team at Squire Patton Boggs is second-to-none. (They certainly wouldn’t have thrown the ball into the middle of the field with the game’s best short-yardage back on their team and the Super Bowl on the line.) Fans of tax policy had their own Super Bowl a day after the football game – the release … Continue Reading
Our public policy team at Squire Patton Boggs is without parallel. But, as noted arbitrage expert and political pundit LeVar Burton would say, “you don’t have to take my word for it.” Instead, you can read our analysis of the recent congressional mid-term results and the new Republican majority in the Senate. This comprehensive analysis … Continue Reading
