Lawyers

Peter Franklin

Peter Franklin - Shareholder

I practice in the following areas:
Public Finance, Regulatory Practice


Practice

Peter Franklin practices in the firm's Public Finance Group, concentrating in public finance projects on behalf of state and local government entities and special infrastructure financing districts.

Representative Matters

Mr. Franklin represents municipalities, counties, special districts and developers in a wide variety of New Mexico public finance transactions, including traditional general obligation bond financings and revenue bond financings, as well as public improvement district and tax increment district financings, redevelopment projects, and industrial revenue bond financings.

Mr. Franklin also represents clients in drafting and lobbying public finance legislation. Mr. Franklin was the primary drafter of the Public Improvement District Act.

Representative traditional municipal financings include general obligation bond financings as bond counsel to Santa Fe County, New Mexico, gross receipts tax and joint utility revenue bond financings as bond counsel to the City of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and general obligation bond financings as bond counsel to the Artesia Special Hospital District.

Representative special infrastructure district financings include the Mesa del Sol Tax Increment Development Districts in Albuquerque, the Mariposa East Public Improvement District and Cabezon Public Improvement District in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and the Ventana West Public Improvement District in Albuquerque.

Professional Activities

Mr. Franklin is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the American Bar Association and the State Bar of New Mexico

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