Bruce M. Serchuk

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• The Bond Buyer

  New York City Water will flow back to the market with refunding

  This article mentions NP for serving as co-counsel in the New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority’s $600 million bond refunding deal. The NP team includes New York City partner and Project Finance & Public Finance practice group leader Virginia Wong, Washington, DC partner Bruce Serchuk, and New York City senior counsel Ken Lind, counsel Abbie Olsen, counsel Sebastian Torres, and associate Greg Hom, all of the PBFN group.

  March 24, 2025
• Phoenix Business Journal

  Grand Canyon University completes $520 million bond refinance

  This article covers a $520 million refinancing for Grand Canyon University through the Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa Education Bonds. NP is mentioned in the coverage for serving as counsel to Goldman Sachs in connection with the GCU bonds. The NP team was led by Los Angeles Project Finance & Public Finance partner Dan Deaton, and included PBFN partner Bruce Serchuk of Washington, DC and associates Georgia Sackey and Kate Stack of New York City, and Washington, DC Corporate partner Lloyd Spencer.

  Dec 12, 2024
• AZ Big Media

  Colliers arranges $520 million refinancing for GCU

  This article covers a $520 million refinancing for Grand Canyon University through the Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa Education Bonds. NP is mentioned in the coverage for serving as counsel to Goldman Sachs in connection with the GCU bonds. The NP team was led by Los Angeles Project Finance & Public Finance partner Dan Deaton, and included PBFN partner Bruce Serchuk of Washington, DC and associates Georgia Sackey and Kate Stack of New York City, and Washington, DC Corporate partner Lloyd Spencer.

  Dec 10, 2024
• The Bond Buyer

  Unrated bonds latest to fund growth of Florida’s Villages senior development

  This article on an unrated $163 million land development bond for The Village Community Development District No. 15, which will fund residential infrastructure construction, mentions NP as co-bond counsel. The NP team advising on the bond deal includes Washington, DC Project Finance & Public Finance partners Bruce Serchuk and Carla Young.

  Aug 29, 2024
• 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

  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
• The Bond Buyer

  IRS acknowledges some bond audits are erroneously selected

  This article recaps the recent National Association of Bond Lawyers panel on bond audits. Washington, DC Project Finance and Public Finance partner Bruce Serchuk, who served as the panel’s moderator, is quoted discussing best practices on when to send documents to the IRS.
  March 11, 2019
• Law360

  New remedial actions for tax-advantaged bonds and P3s

  Nixon Peabody public finance partners Travis Gibbs of San Francisco and Mitch Rappaport, Bruce Serchuk and Carla Young of Washington DC co-wrote this analysis on the new IRS procedures that can be used “to cure impermissible use of bond-financed projects.”
  April 20, 2018