Public Finance

Experience

Counsel Children's Hospital

Client: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Representative transactions include financings for capital improvements to the medical center, the Tower Project, parking garage projects, and other research and development infrastructure.

Provide a Bank Ongoing Counsel

Client: Capital One Bank

Representative transactions include lease-purchase and installment payment financings involving political subdivisions and non-profit entities.

Provide a Bank Ongoing Counsel

Client: Flagstar Bank, FSB

Representative transactions include lease-purchase and installment payment financings involving political subdivisions and non-profit entities.

Provide a Bank Ongoing Counsel

Client: Huntington National Bank

Representative transactions include lease-purchase and installment payment financings involving political subdivisions and non-profit entities.

Provide a Bank Ongoing Counsel

Client: Fifth Third Bank

Representative transactions include lease-purchase and installment payment financings involving political subdivisions and non-profit entities.

Provide Ongoing Counsel for School District

Client: Oak Hills Local School District

Representative transactions include financings for Oak Hills High School, the district’s middle schools and elementary schools, and tax levy and economic development matters.

Provide Ongoing Counsel to School District

Client: Winton Woods City School District

Representative transactions include financings for Winton Woods High School as well as the district’s middle school, intermediate school, elementary and primary schools, and tax levy matters.

Provide Ongoing Counsel to School District

Client: Northwest Local School District

Representative transactions include financings for Colerain High School and Northwest High School, the district’s middle schools and elementary schools, and tax levy and economic development matters.

Represent Career Campuses

Client: Great Oaks Career Campuses

Representative transactions include financings for the benefit of the Great Oak Career Campuses, as well as tax levy matters.

Represent Lifestyle Community and Senior Living Services

Client: Life Enriching Communities

Representative transactions include financings for Twin Towers and Twin Lakes, including financings for Manor Homes, villa homes, apartment homes, and memory care facilities.

Represent Municipality through Multiple Transactions

Client: Greene County, Ohio

Representative transactions include financings for General County Infrastructure, Water and Sewer financings, Special Assessment Projects, and Economic Development.

Represent Municipality through Multiple Transactions

Client: Hamilton County, Ohio

Representative transactions include financings for The Banks Project, Stadia financings, General County Infrastructure, Sewer Infrastructure, Special Assessment Projects, and Economic Development.

Represent Port Authority through Multiple Transactions

Client: Greene County Port Authority

Representative transactions include financings for non-profit entities, PACE financing, and economic development.

Represent School District

Client: Princeton City School District

Representative transactions include financings for the high school, the middle school, and the elementary schools, as well as tax levy and economic development matters.

Bond Counsel to Kentucky's Gateway

Client: Blue Grass Airport
Bond Counsel to Kentucky's Gateway

As gateway to the Horse Capital of the World, Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport is the primary air transportation provider for central Kentucky. The facility supports commercial flights, private aviation, cargo and, of course, horse transportation. Committed to a quality traveler experience, the airport continually updates amenities and facilities to provide passengers with the most modern and convenient services possible.

For nearly a decade, Dinsmore has served as the airport’s bond counsel, helping them secure low interest financing for growth and improvements such as runways, hangars, parking facilities, baggage belt system, car rental maintenance facility and more. 

“Dinsmore works extremely well with our financial analyst and underwriter and is now helping us with compliance/reporting issues,” said Don Sever, Director of Finance and Administration for the airport. “I really have nothing but good things to say about Dinsmore.”

The airport, which is a catalyst for economic growth in the region, is owned and operated by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Airport Board and celebrated its 70 year anniversary in 2016.  Since 1946, the airport has grown to serving over 1.2 million passengers annually.

“I have full confidence in the firm,” Sever said.  “They are technically sound and provide great customer service.”

United by a passion for customer service, Dinsmore looks forward to the opportunity for a continued relationship with Blue Grass Airport as they grow and service passengers from all over the world.

Understand Every Side of the Deal

Client: Colorado State Bank & Trust
Understand Every Side of the Deal

For more than a decade, Dinsmore has counseled Colorado State Bank and Trust in public finance transactions. When the bank is considering a new deal, they rely on Dinsmore to help identify and minimize potential risks.

“They work to understand the transaction, including all the business points,” said Senior Vice President Kristen Sundin. “(Dinsmore) also works to understand their clients and our needs and viewpoints.”


Sundin said her company maintains their working relationship with Dinsmore because the firm’s attorneys examine business deals from multiple sides. Counsel never tells Sundin to do business a certain way without explanation. Instead, Dinsmore’s attorneys provide background and context on how similar deals have progressed and then discuss whether or not the bank wants to proceed a similar way.

“They’re down to earth, they are easy to communicate with and help facilitate the back-and-forth process of documentation in an efficient manner,” Sundin said.

$21,910,000 California Municipal Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Goodwill Industries of Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada)

$21,910,000 California Municipal Finance Authority Revenue Bonds Goodwill Industries of Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada

$3,000,000 County of Cuyahoga, Ohio Adjustable Rate Demand Recovery Zone Facility Bonds, Series 2010A and $10,000,000 County of Cuyahoga, Ohio Adjustable Rate Demand Industrial Development Refunding and Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2010

$3,000,000 County of Cuyahoga, Ohio Adjustable Rate Demand Recovery Zone Facility Bonds, Series 2010A and $10,000,000 County of Cuyahoga, Ohio Adjustable Rate Demand Industrial Development Refunding and Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A/B (The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Project) (Bond Counsel)

Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2009

In July, 2009, Dinsmore & Shohl served as company counsel to Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC in connection with the public offering of Exempt Facility Revenue Bonds, to finance the cost of acquiring, constructing, equipping and/or installing of certain pollution control equipment and solid waste disposal facilities.

Hospital Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, 2009 Series A

Dinsmore & Shohl served as counsel for Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc., the Charleston Area Medical Center Foundation, Inc. and their affiliates in connection with the public offering of tax-exempt revenue bonds, to finance the cost of refunding certain previously incurred indebtedness and paying a portion of the termination payment related to the termination of a hedge agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of such previously incurred indebtedness.

$177,975,000 County of Montgomery, Ohio (Kettering Health Network Obligated Group)

$177,975,000 County of Montgomery, Ohio Adjustable Rate Hospital Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2011 (Kettering Health Network Obligated Group)

$18,925,000 County of Lucas, Ohio Health Care Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2011 (Sunset Retirement Communities, Inc.)

$18,925,000 County of Lucas, Ohio Health Care Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2011 (Sunset Retirement Communities, Inc.)

$20,175,000 Various Purpose Bonds, Series 2005

$20,175,000 Various Purpose Bonds, Series 2005 dated as of May 15, 2005 of the City of Hilliard, Ohio (Bond Counsel)

$4,455,000 Kentucky Housing Corporation Conduit Multifamily Mortgage Revenue Bonds

$4,455,000 Kentucky Housing Corporation Conduit Multifamily Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Alco Properties Project) Series 2008

$7,600,000 Kentucky Housing Corporation Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds

$7,600,000 Kentucky Housing Corporation Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Series 2008 (Grand Oaks Apartments Project) (Hope VI securitized transaction; short term bonds to permit 4% tax credits; Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority)

$7,790,000 Village of Bluffton, Ohio Adjustable Rate Demand Health Care Facilities Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2011 (Mennonite Memorial Home Project)

$7,790,000 Village of Bluffton, Ohio Adjustable Rate Demand Health Care Facilities Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2011 (Mennonite Memorial Home Project)

General Obligation Bonds, Series B of 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorized certain issuers to issue taxable bonds known as "Build America Bonds" to finance capital expenditures for which it could issue tax-exempt bonds. Dinsmore & Shohl served as bond counsel to the Penn Hills School District on one of the first and largest issues of Build America Bonds by a school district in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

$1,280,000 Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government Adjustable Rate Demand Industrial Building Revenue Bonds

$1,280,000 Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government Adjustable Rate Demand Industrial Building Revenue Bonds, Series 2003 (Wayside Christian Mission Project) (First Bonds Issued by Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government) (Bond and Underwriter Counsel)

$11,500,000 County Of Jefferson, Kentucky Residential Mortgage Revenue Bonds

$11,500,000 County Of Jefferson, Kentucky Residential Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Fannie Mae And GNMA Mortgage-Backed Securities Program) Series 2002 (Bond Counsel)