Representation of the State of Connecticut as bond counsel, disclosure counsel and lead counsel in numerous bond issuances

Served as lead bond counsel and lead disclosure counsel in the State of Connecticut's largest bond sale in its history, almost $2.3 billion State of Connecticut Taxable General Obligation Bonds (Teachers' Retirement Fund 2008 Series A - Current Interest Bonds) (Teachers' Retirement Fund 2008 Series B - Capital Appreciation Bonds). The bonds were marketed in the United States and Europe, and were listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. A special website was established for investors

Served as lead bond counsel in the State of Connecticut’s first issue of Social Bonds, $300 million State of Connecticut General Obligation Bonds (2021 Series B) (Social Bonds)

Served as lead bond counsel in the State of Connecticut's first issue of Green Bonds, $60,000,000 State of Connecticut General Obligation Bonds (Green Bonds, 2014 Series G)

Served as bond counsel on each series of revenue bonds issued by the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority for the Connecticut State University System. Each issue was secured by a state supported special capital reserve fund and sold competitively to finance a wide variety of facilities including dormitories, student centers, food service facilities and other auxiliary buildings

Served as underwriter's counsel in connection with the refunding of bonds issued by the New York Convention Center Development Corporation to finance the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center which were secured by a hotel unit fee and a guaranty by the State of New York Mortgage Agency

Served as Lead Bond Counsel and Disclosure Counsel in the conversion of the State of Connecticut's $280,000,000 General Obligation Bonds (2005 Series A) from a Weekly Rate Mode to SIFMA Index Bonds. The transaction involved not only the conversion to the new mode, but required an amendment of the bonds to add the new SIFMA mode, accomplished by triggering a mandatory tender by converting the bonds to a permissible mode, obtaining the purchaser's consent to amend the bonds while the bonds were held by the purchaser, and converting the Bonds to the newly added mode pursuant to the terms of the amended Bonds. The challenges involved in the transaction included numerous state law compliance issues, time-sensitivity, financial structuring issues and terminating an existing standby bond purchase agreement and remarketing agreement

Representation of borrowers as borrower's counsel in public finance transactions, including in transactions over $1 billion

Representation of trustee banks as trustee's counsel in public finance transactions

Representation of underwriters as underwriters' counsel in public finance transactions

Representation of institutional investors in private placements of secured and unsecured senior and mezzanine debt

Representation of banks in both secured and unsecured financings

Education

• Boston University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1996
• University of Connecticut, B.S., magna cum laude, 1993

Admissions

• State of Connecticut

Affiliations

• American College of Bond Counsel, Fellow
• Connecticut Bar Association
• Connecticut Bar Foundation, James W. Cooper Fellow
• Government Finance Officers Association of Connecticut
• National Association of Bond Lawyers
• South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut (SABAC), President, 2018-2020