Thomson Financial Lists Mintz Levin Among Nation's Top Bond and Underwriters' Counsel in Q1 2004
4/27/2004
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. is among the nation's top ten law firms serving as municipal bond counsel and underwriters' counsel for the first quarter of 2004, according to new rankings compiled by Thomson Financial.
Mintz Levin ranked seventh nationally among underwriters' counsel, having represented underwriters on five transactions with a principal amount in excess of $1.5 billion. The firm ranked ninth nationally among bond counsel, having served as bond counsel on ten issues with proceeds in excess of $2 billion. This is the first time Mintz Levin has ranked in the top 10 on both lists at the same time.
"Being ranked in the top 10 nationally for our work as both bond counsel and underwriters' counsel reflects the depth of our talent in this area and experience serving several markets," said Greg Sandomirsky, head of the firm's Public Finance section. "It is also a direct result of our growth in the New York market over the past two years."
The firm conducts its bond practice through a core group of approximately 20 professionals from its offices in Boston, New York and Washington, which is supplemented as necessary by lawyers in the firm's real estate, health care, bankruptcy and workout, environmental, federal regulation, and litigation sections.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC is a multidisciplinary law firm with over 450 attorneys and senior professionals in Boston, Washington D.C., Reston, New York, New Haven, Los Angeles and London. It is distinguished by its reputation for responsive client service and expertise in the areas of bankruptcy; business and finance; communications; employment; environmental; federal; health care; immigration; intellectual property; litigation; public finance; real estate; tax; and trust and estates.
Mintz Levin's international clientele range from privately held start-ups to Fortune 100 companies in a wide array of industries including biotechnology, venture capital, telecommunications, health care and high technology.
The firm was one of the first to develop complementary consulting capabilities to provide complete solutions to clients' problems, including investment/wealth management, government and public affairs and transactional insurance.
