The Bond Buyer Ranks Holland & Knight Among Top Five Counsel for Competitive Bond Offerings

ATLANTA (July 21, 2014) – Holland & Knight was ranked the fifth most active bond counsel in the United States for competitive offerings in The Bond Buyer's 2014 mid-year rankings of Top Bond Counsel. According to the data, which was supplied by Thomson Reuters, Holland & Knight served as bond counsel on competitive offerings worth $1.27 billion, representing a market share of 3.5 percent.

During the first half of 2014, Holland & Knight served as bond counsel in competitive offerings by the State of Georgia and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, which were both reported on in The Bond Buyer, and each of which were a part of the firm's new expanded public finance initiative launched earlier this year. The firm also served as bond counsel on a number of other offerings, including those from the City of Alpharetta (Georgia), the City of Lakeland (Florida), the Florida Higher Educational Facilities Financing Authority and Polk County (Florida).

Established in 1891, The Bond Buyer is the only daily newspaper committed to serving the municipal bond industry and reaches more than 40,000 municipal finance professionals, bond issuers, government officials and investors.

About Holland & Knight’s Public Finance Team: The firm's national Public Finance Team includes more than 20 attorneys who have decades of experience in all aspects of public finance issues. During the past five years, the team has participated in the financing of more than $13.4 billion in principal amount of debt in connection with virtually every type of governmental issue.