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    Adam Gordon

    Partner


    • New York City
    • Office212.940.3023
    • agordon@nixonpeabody.com
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    Introduction

    Adam Gordon is a partner in Nixon Peabody’s Project Finance and Public Finance group. His practice concentrates on infrastructure, economic development, and project finance.
     

    Adam serves as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriters’ counsel, and bank counsel on tax-exempt and taxable bond issuances. He has worked on private activity, nonprofit, housing, transportation, pooled lending, waste management, and public power financings, and has written and published articles on public finance topics.

    Practice Areas

    Public FinanceProject FinanceCommunity Development FinanceEconomic Development BondsPublic-Private Partnerships (P3)Bank Counsel

    My focus

    Economic Development

    I have significant experience representing industrial development agencies and local development corporations in New York State, including the New York City Economic Development Corporation. In my economic development practice, I draft and negotiate leases, loan agreements, mortgages, bond indentures, PILOT documentation, escrow agreements, guaranties, and offering documents in connection with tax benefit transactions and conduit financings. My knowledge of the New York State Industrial Development Agency statutory framework has allowed me to assist with the development and implementation of new programs while helping my clients find solutions. I have often served as bond counsel and underwriters’ counsel on financings undertaken by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York and the Empire State Development Corporation for New York State economic development programs.

    Transportation/Infrastructure

    Much of my practice is devoted to transportation finance. As bond counsel to the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, I draft and review financing documents and manage and execute complex transactions. These include new money issuances, refundings, direct purchases, and remarketings. I have also served as special disclosure counsel to MTA and have experience coordinating the preparation and dissemination of disclosure materials in accordance with federal securities laws. In addition, I serve as bond counsel to New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority and have served as underwriters’ counsel for securities issued by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

    Bank Counsel

    In my bank counsel practice, I often represent financial institutions issuing standby bond purchase agreements to support tax-exempt bonds in various sectors. I also have experience negotiating credit facilities and representing lenders in the direct purchase of privately placed debt.

    Project Finance

    I have worked on several high profile project financings in the capacity of bond counsel, underwriters’ counsel and borrowers’ counsel.

    Representative experience

    • Served as co-bond counsel to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in connection with the issuance of Transportation Revenue Bonds and bond anticipation notes, including the second transaction purchased by Municipal Liquidity Facility LLC.
    • Served as co-bond counsel to Empire State Development Corporation in connection with over $6 billion of state sales tax and personal income tax revenue bonds.
    • Served as project counsel to New York City Industrial Development Agency in connection with the acquisition, renovation, and equipping of facilities for life sciences, manufacturing, and commercial use.
    • Served as underwriter’s counsel in connection with a taxable bond financing for a 501(c)(3) corporation.
    • Served as bank counsel to numerous lenders in connection with the restructuring of a major health system’s variable rate debt.
    • Served as borrower’s counsel in connection with a project financing for a proton cancer treatment facility.
    • Represented a major financial institution in connection with a portfolio purchase of tax-exempt bonds.
    • Represents conduit issuers and borrowers across the country in taxable and tax-exempt financings.
    • Serves as a volunteer attorney for the Harlem Youth Court.

    Looking ahead

    The COVID-19 pandemic has brought challenges that require creative and pragmatic solutions for our clients. I am closely following legislative efforts to provide new and expanded financing tools for state and local governments to help our clients navigate the pandemic. In addition, the pandemic has caused issuers of municipal securities to reevaluate disclosure practices, and I am actively monitoring guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    I am also following developments with respect to the expected phase-out of LIBOR, which will impact trillions of dollars in outstanding loans and financial contracts.

    Insights

    • Panelist, “LIBOR is ending - Are you prepared for the transition?” NP Webinar, June 24, 2020
    • “Suggested Best Practices for Municipal Issuers in Light of Recent Enforcement Trends,” Journal of Taxation and Regulation of Financial Institutions, Volume 24, Number 5, May/June 2011

    In the news

    • The Bond Buyer

      $765M Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority deal draws focus

      This article covers client Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority’s $765 million Payroll Mobility Tax Senior Lien Refunding Green Bonds, which were priced Thursday in the primary market. The NP team serving as bond counsel on this deal includes New York City partners Ken Lind, Liz Columbo, and Adam Gordon; Washington, DC partner Carla Young; New York City counsel Abigail Olsen; and New York City associates Kate Stack, Paul Dewey, and Georgia Sackey, all of the Project Finance & Public Finance practice.

      Jan 5, 2023
    • The Bond Buyer

      2022 Rising Stars: Adam Gordon

      New York City Project Finance & Public Finance partner Adam Gordon is profiled as one of the publication’s “2022 Rising Stars,” recognizing the next generation of municipal finance professionals. The article highlights Adam’s work as bond counsel for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, and quotes New York City Project Finance & Public Finance partner Ken Lind on Adam’s success.

      Nov 14, 2022
    • Bond Buyer

      New York State Thruway Authority sets $2.2 billion sale of PIT bonds

      This article on the New York State Thruway Authority’s planned sale of $2.2 billion of personal income tax bonds mentions NP as co-bond counsel. The NP team advising on the bond sale includes New York City partners Chris Reitzel and Adam Gordon, counsel Abbie Olsen, and associates Georgia Sackey and Kate Stack; Rochester partner Barry Carrigan; Washington, DC partners Bruce Serchuk and Joel Swearingen; and Albany counsel Jeff Pohl, all of the Project Finance & Public Finance practice.
      July 11, 2022
    • The Bond Buyer

      Market sectors and segments pointed volume down in the Northeast

      The article on the state of the municipal bond markets mentions NP for serving as bond counsel on the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority’s $1.24 billion payroll mobility tax senior lean deal for MTA Bridges and Tunnels. The NP team included New York partners Liz Columbo, Ken Lind, Adam Gordon, Chris Reitzel, and counsel Abigail Olsen, and Washington DC partner Carla Young, all of the Project Finance and Public Finance group.
      Feb 25, 2022
    • Crain’s New York

      People on the move

      New York City Project Finance & Public Finance partner Adam Gordon was included in this roundup of notable executive news for his promotion to partner.
      Feb 5, 2021
    • The Bond Buyer

      Gordon and Turner-Bond Make Partner at Nixon Peabody

      This article features New York partner-elect Adam Gordon and Los Angeles partner-elect Jade Turner-Bond, both of the Project Finance & Public Finance group, highlighting their Feb. 1 promotions to partner, their practice work, and their community involvement. Managing partner and CEO Andrew Glincher is quoted on the firm’s diverse pipeline of talent and the resilience of this year’s partner class.
      Jan 29, 2021
    • The Bond Buyer

      New York State's over $2.1 PIT bond sale should see demand, analysts say

      This article mentions the firm as co-bond counsel to Empire State Development Corporation’s scheduled issuance of PIT bonds on behalf of New York State in a competitive deal to fund capital projects, for the work by New York City partner Chris Reitzel, counsel Abbie Olsen and associates Adam Gordon and Kate Stack, and Washington, D.C. partner Bruce Serchuk and associate Joel Swearingen, all in the Project Finance & Public Finance group.
      Dec 14, 2020
    • The Bond Buyer

      DASNY sells over $2.5B of PIT bonds; munis unchanged in face of large supply

      This article on the state of the municipal bond market covers the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York’s sale of almost $2.5 billion of personal income tax receipt bonds. The firm is mentioned as bond counsel for the work by New York partners Chris Reitzel and Virginia Wong, and associates Adam Gordon and Kate Stack; Albany counsel Jeff Pohl; and Washington, D.C. partner Bruce Serchuk and associate Joel Swearingen, all of the Project Finance & Public Finance group.
      Oct 8, 2020

    Admitted to practice

    New York
    New Jersey

    Education

    Hamilton College, B.A., Government, cum laude
    New York Law School, J.D., cum laude; Notes and Comments Editor, New York Law School Law Review, 2010–2011

    Professional activities

    • National Association of Bond Lawyers
    • The Municipal Forum of New York, Associate Board Member

    Recognition

    • Named to the 2023 list of “Ones to Watch” by The Best Lawyers in America© for Municipal Law and Transportation Law in New York, NY; listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2022
    • Named to the 2022 list of “Rising Stars” by The Bond Buyer, recognizing the next generation of municipal finance professionals

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      • Office:212.940.3028
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