Public Finance
KnoxSeaton has been representing cities, counties, special districts, and other local governmental agencies since its creation in 1999. The firm has served as bond counsel, disclosure counsel and underwriters’ counsel in a variety of bond financings including airports, stadiums, water and sewer, multifamily housing, single family housing, special assessment bonds, industrial development bonds, tax anticipation notes and general obligation bonds. The firm has experience in various financing techniques including variable rate bonds, advance refunding bonds, current refunding bonds, certificates of participation, and derivatives.
Since 2004 KnoxSeaton has participated in financings aggregating in excess of $11 billion. For the past four years KnoxSeaton has been ranked in the top 100 bond counsel firms nationally and in the top ten bond counsel firms in Florida according to official rankings compiled by Thomson Reuters and published in the Bond Buyer.
In addition, KnoxSeaton recently attained an official national rank for disclosure counsel firms and a top ten ranking for disclosure counsel firms in Florida.
| KnoxSeaton’s Bond Counsel Rankings | |||
| Year | National Rank | Amount | Florida Rank |
| 2010 | 79th | $1.3 billion | 6th |
| 2009 | 69th | $1.3 billion | 4th |
| 2008 | 69th | $1.1 billion | 6th |
| 2007 | 99th | $677 million | 6th |
| 2006 | 100th | $580.2 million* | 9th |
Source: Thompson Reuters, an affiliate of The Bond Buyer.
* Reflects compilation of transactions done as The Knox Firm and KnoxSeaton.
| KnoxSeaton’s Disclosure Counsel Rankings | |||
| Year | National Rank | Amount | Florida Rank |
| 2010 | 34th | $886.4 million | 6th |
Source: Thompson Reuters, an affiliate of The Bond Buyer.