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Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP Strengthens Position as Leading Finance Law Firm
MILWAUKEE , July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP recently completed the largest public finance transaction in which a minority-owned law firm acted as sole underwriter's counsel.
As one of the largest minority-owned law firms in the nation, Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan served as sole underwriter's counsel to a syndicate led by Barclay's Capital, Inc. in the sale of $1.52 Billion State of Wisconsin General Fund Annual Appropriation Bonds of 2009, Series A. Proceeds from the bond sale will be used to address the state's budget deficit.
For the first quarter of this year, Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan was ranked as the 7th largest bond underwriter's counsel in the nation in terms of the dollar value of bonds underwritten. The firm ranked 4th in bothIllinois andWisconsin for the same period. The rankings were published by The Bond Buyer newspaper.
"Our role as sole underwriter's counsel in theState of Wisconsin bond offering, coupled with our national and regional rankings, are an affirmation of the hard work we've done to win the confidence of bond issuers and underwriters as a leading law firm for public finance transactions of this magnitude and complexity," said Jerry Gonzalez, the Managing Partner of Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan.
Currently, the firm is expanding its areas of expertise to include Build America Bonds, created as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and intended to reduce municipal borrowing costs.
About Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan
Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP is a nationwide law firm with 90 attorneys in offices located inChicago,Cincinnati,Cleveland,Columbus,Des Moines,Indianapolis,Las Vegas,Los Angeles,Milwaukee,New York,Phoenix andWashington D.C. The firm represents midsized to Fortune 100 companies, governmental entities, and individuals in the areas of litigation, employment, environmental, corporate and transactional, energy and regulatory, immigration, and estate and asset protection planning. As one of the nation's largest certified minority-owned law firms, Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan practices law with a commitment to diversity and to the communities it serves.
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