Public Finance
KSGA&D has more than 20 years of experience in providing advice and counsel to municipal finance officers in the Chicago area concerning bonds, borrowing, investments and other financial options, and bond, issuer and underwriter's counsel services. Kenneth Kubiesa is included in the Bond Buyer's Municipal Marketplace (also known as the "Red Book") as a qualified bond counsel. Mr. Kubiesa has represented various municipalities, park districts, underwriters and bond purchasers regarding over $250 million of public financings over the past 20 years. These public financings include general obligation and revenue issues, tax anticipation warrants and private activity bonds for not-for-profit organizations. His clients have included the City of Elmhurst, Village of Wayne, Oakbrook Terrace, Fifth Third Bank, Fifth Third Securities, Inc., Everen Securities, Robert W. Baird and the Ray Graham Association.
As bond counsel for local governments throughout suburban Chicago, KSGA&D has issued approving legal opinions for many different types of bond issues, including general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, refunding bonds, rollover bonds, and tax increment financing bonds. We represent issuers, underwriters and as bond counsel for public financings of up to $100 million. KSGA&D is unique in its ability to view these public financing transactions from the perspective of all parties involved, and thereby provide superior cost effective legal services to whomever we are representing in the transaction.
To operate a successful public finance practice, it helps to have expertise in many areas of municipal law. KSGA&D is a full service law firm with experience in all of the areas of law that affect local governments. We have the expertise and the experience to handle all of the legal questions that arise in public finance transactions. Mr. Kubiesa's Red-Book-qualified status means that we are qualified for providing opinions on bonds, which ensures that your municipal bonds will be accepted by the market. Mr. Kubiesa is also an active member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the International Municipal Lawyers Association.
As a general and special counsel for many local governments in DuPage County and suburban Chicago, KSGA&D are available on short notice to attend meetings, review financing plans and consult with parties to financing transactions anywhere in the western Chicago suburbs.
Kubiesa, Spiroff, Gosselar, Acker & DeBlasio, P.C., represents local governments, businesses, and individuals in the Chicago metropolitan area, including the suburbs of Elmhurst, Westmont, Oakbrook Terrace and Wayne, Illinois.