Ice Miller's independent K-12 school and charter school finance attorneys have nationwide experience as bond counsel and underwriter's counsel.
Clients of the firm include schools, underwriters and issuers. We offer clients start-to-finish service on each aspect of every deal. This includes due diligence review and document drafting on the front end and post-issuance and continuing disclosure support through the life of each transaction, with specific services and expertise in these areas:
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501(c)(3) Revenue Bonds
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Faith-based organizations, including schools
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Securities and Disclosure
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Taxable Bonds
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Underwriters
Ice Miller's independent K-12 school finance attorneys have assisted dozens of independent K-12 schools with creative tax-exempt financings over the years. Our attorneys have significant experience with the state and federal constitutional hurdles to overcome for faith-based school financings and have utilized multi-state and national bond issuers to finance many schools without a local issuer option.
Our charter school finance attorneys have helped to finance individual charter schools, multiple schools with a single 501(c)(3) sponsor, and systems of charter schools under common management (including management by nonprofit and for-profit education management organizations (EMOs)). Our attorneys appreciate the significant and varied state law considerations in charter school financings. Our experience with rated, unrated and start-up school borrowers gives us particular insight to the disclosure responsibilities unique to the charter school market.