Notable Transactions

11/4/2011
Hawkins represents Judicial Council of the State of California in Deal of the Year

Hawkins represented the State of California as special counsel to the Judicial Council’s Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) in connection with the procurement of new court facilities on an . . .

10/6/2011
Hawkins acts as Financing Counsel to the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System

Hawkins served as financing counsel in connection with issuance of $392 million Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, North Shore - Long Island Jewish Obligated Group Revenue Bonds. This financing . . .

9/29/2011
Hawkins acts as Bond Counsel to the State of Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority and Hartford HealthCare

Hawkins was bond counsel and created a Master Trust Indenture for a newly-created five hospital Obligated Group for the Hartford HealthCare System. Along with Hartford HealthCare, Hartford Hospital, . . .

12/8/2010
In 2010 Hawkins Again Participates in a Leading Tobacco Revenue Bond Securitization

In the last quarter of 2010, Hawkins and its Illinois co-counsel joined a team responding to an urgent need by the State of Illinois to generate funds through a bond securitization of tobacco settlement . . .

11/9/2010
Hawkins is nominated as a finalist for The Bond Buyer’s Deal of the Year Award

Hawkins acted as Underwriters Counsel in connection with the issuance of $650 million of Second Priority Liberty Revenue Refunding Bonds issued by New York Liberty Development Corporation to refinance . . .

6/22/2010
Hawkins serves as Special Counsel to the United States Department of Transportation in Connection with Two Texas P3 Toll Road Projects totaling $ 4.9 billion

The North Tarrant Express project and the LBJ IH-635 project together represent $ 1.5 billion in secured loans from USDOT to the CINTRA led concessionaire teams. The financing for these projects involved . . .

11/9/2009
2009 North East Regional Winners for Bond Buyer Deals

Hawkins acted as counsel for the Bond Buyer’s 2009 Northeast Regional award recipients
Hawkins acted as counsel to the two winners of The Bond Buyer’s 2009 Regional Deal of the Year awards. In the first transaction, Hawkins was instrumental in developing the financing structure for . . .

8/10/2009
Virgin Islands First Alternative Energy Facilities

Hawkins serves as Special Counsel to Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority
On August 10, 2009 the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority signed two 20 year solid waste management service agreements with Alpine Energy Group LLC affiliates. These agreements are part of a large . . .

2/25/2009
Hawkins acts as Special Counsel to the US Department of Transportation

Closes first two Availability Payment Secured Financings for the Port of Miami Tunnel and I-595 Projects
The Port of Miami Tunnel public-private partnership project is the first of its kind and will bring new tunnel boring technology to the U.S. This will enable a larger diameter tunnel for multiple highway . . .

12/1/2008
Hawkins acts as Bond Counsel for 2008’s National “Deal of the Year”

Hawkins once again was part of the financing teams (in each case, as bond counsel) for two “Deal of the Year” transactions in 2008—the $5.5 billion tobacco revenue securitization by . . .

9/26/2008
California Academy of Sciences Re-Opens After a Bond-Funded Renovation

Hawkins Serves as Bond Counsel to the California Academy of Sciences
On September 27, 2008, the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park reopened in San Francisco, after a 4-year long transformation. The new Academy is now home to a 2.5 acre living roof, a museum, . . .

7/30/2008
Hawkins Helps Respond to the Credit/Insurer Crisis for MTA and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority

Hawkins Serves as Bond Counsel to MTA Bridges and Tunnels for Over Two Billion Dollars in Restructuring Bonds
The New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its affiliates, the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (MTA Bridges and Tunnels) in 2008 needed to address the national market crisis in . . .

12/11/2007
Hawkins was Counsel to 2 of 2007 Deal of the Year Winners

Hawkins was the Purchaser's counsel in the offering by Pacific Beacon LLC, which won the national prize for innovation, nontraditional sector.

The $307 Million financing enables the United States . . .

2/21/2007
A Start-Up Energy Facility in Nebraska

Hawkins Serves as Bond Counsel to Whelan Energy Center
The Cities of Grand Island, Nebraska City and Hastings, Nebraska, have joined the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska and Heartland Consumers Power District (South Dakota) to form the Public Power Generation . . .

12/6/2006
Hawkins was the Underwriters’ Counsel to the 2006 Far West Deal of the Year.

The Bay Area Toll Authority was awarded the Far West 2006 Deal of the Year prize for its $ 1 Billion revenue bonds financing. The offering will enable the authority to finance and reimburse the costs . . .

2/15/2006
Hawkins serves as Lender's Counsel to Washington Business Journal's Deal of the Year

Representation of one of the nation’s largest financial institutions in connection with a real estate and economic development project in the District of Columbia.

The project, which involved . . .

12/28/2005
Hawkins served as Underwriters Counsel to the 2005 Bond Buyer National Deal of the Year

The award was presented to the San Jose Redevelopment Agency for its $195 Million Tax allocation refunding bonds offering. The financing used set-aside tax allocation to maximize its impact on the low . . .

1/18/2005
2004 Bond Buyer’s Northeast Deal of the Year

Hawkins was the Bond Counsel to the New York Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority, which won a regional award. This financing is close to Hawkins, as it contributed in revitalizing the New York . . .

1/12/2004
Hawkins is Bond Counsel to the 2003 Deal of the Year

The Bond Buyer awarded the 2003 Deal of the Year to the State of California Department of Water Resources for its nearly $12 Billion power supply revenue bond package, the largest municipal issuance to . . .

1/12/2004
Honorable Mention to North East Region 2003 Deal of the Year

Hawkins acted as Bond Counsel to Erie County Industrial Development Agency for the $180 Million Buffalo City School District project, which received a regional honorable mention to the Bond Buyer Second . . .

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