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 |
| 8/10/2009 Virgin Islands First Alternative Energy Facilities
Hawkins serves as Special Counsel to Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 2/21/2007 A Start-Up Energy Facility in Nebraska
Hawkins Serves as Bond Counsel to Whelan Energy Center |
| 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. |
| 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 . . . |
