Casey W. Williams

• Alabama Department of Transportation on the proposed redevelopment of the Mobile River Bridge along I-10.
• Accelerate Maryland Partners, a consortium of Transurban and Macquarie, on the development of the Maryland express lane program near Washington DC.
• Capital One in the development of its airport lounge program, including at airports in Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Las Vegas, and Washington DC, among other locations.
• The City of St. Louis in the proposed lease of St. Louis Lambert International Airport.
• HMSHost Corporation in sales of its highway rest area and airport concession businesses.
• Will County, Illinois with respect to a tolling agreement for Houbolt Road Extension.
• An Illinois municipality with respect to the transfer and long-term operation of its municipal water system.
• ACS Group in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Skyports Ltd., an innovative London-based vertiport developer and operator and drone-delivery service.
• Sponsors, lenders, and lead arrangers in connection with back leverage, construction, and term financings of renewable energy projects in the United States.

Public-Finance

Represented:

• Underwriters for the issuance and refinancing of surface transportation private activity bonds in Florida, California, and Nevada to support the Brightline and Brightline West high-speed rail systems.
• The Chicago Transit Authority, as bond counsel, in connection with multiple issuances of the CTA’s Sales Tax Receipts Revenue Bonds and Second Lien Sales Tax Receipts Revenue Bonds, since 2017.
• Underwriters for the issuance and refinancing of dock and wharf private activity bonds to support trans-loading energy facilities in Texas and New Jersey.
• Various investment banks, as underwriters’ counsel, in connection with general obligations bond offerings by the State of Illinois, since 2017.
• Chicago Board of Education, as disclosure counsel, in connection with various offerings of its general obligation bonds and tax anticipation notes.
• The Illinois Finance Authority, as bond counsel, issuer’s counsel, and lender’s counsel, on a variety of its public finance offerings and economic development lending transactions.
• The Illinois Housing Development Authority, as issuer’s counsel, on a variety of its public finance offerings.
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, as borrower’s counsel, in connection with its Taxable Fixed Rate Bonds, Series 2025.
• RBC, as underwriter’s counsel, in connection with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development La Salle University Revenue Bonds, Series 2024.
• Various investment banks, as purchaser’s counsel, in connection with numerous hospital sale-leaseback transactions around the country.