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Issuer's/Borrower's Counsel

The firm represents one of the nation’s busiest issuers of revenue bonds for health care and educational facilities, Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority. The firm also serves as counsel to other issuers of bonds, both for their own purposes and as conduits for underlying borrowers. In addition, the firm represents nonprofit and for-profit borrowers in a wide variety of tax-exempt financings.
Partners
Bettendorf, Henry A.
Bond, Christopher S.
Kotthoff, Sara E.
Lause, Michael F.
Lawton, Richard L.
Mitchell, Steven B.
Rush, Deborah K.
Thomas, Rhonda C.
Thorp, Lisa K.
Wild, Steven R.
Associates
Tilghman, Alexandra R.
Wilson, Brandi M.
Clients
  • Brentwood School District
  • Chicago Transit Authority
  • City of Chicago
  • City of St. Louis Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority
  • City of Washington, MO
  • Francis Howell School District
  • Land Clearance Redevelopment Authority of the City of St. Louis
  • Mills Group
  • Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority (MOHEFA)
  • Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA)
  • Missouri State Employees Retirement System (MERS)
  • Pattonville School District
  • Saint Louis Zoo
  • St. Louis County
  • St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority
  • Southeast Missouri State University
  • University City School District
  • University of Missouri

Investment Bankers and Financial Institutions
  • Bank of America
  • Citibank, N.A.
  • Edward Jones
  • Fifth Third Bank
  • George K. Baum & Company
  • Great Southern Bank
  • Piper Jaffray Inc.
  • PNC Bank
  • Stern Brothers & Company
  • Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
  • U.S. Bank
  • Wells Fargo Advisors
  • William Blair & Company

Issuer’s Counsel
Since 1998, The Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA), one of the country’s largest secondary student loan markets, has relied on Thompson Coburn as its primary outside counsel. In this role, the firm has negotiated non-bond financings, including $1 billion conduit financing and various lines of credit ranging in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Health and Educational Facilities Authority of the State of Missouri has depended on Thompson Coburn as its primary outside counsel for 22 years. The Authority assists nonprofit and public health and educational institutions in borrowing funds for capital projects. Our attorneys have advised the Authority on more than 200 financings involving over $5 billion in bonds, and have assisted in the development and implementation of the Authority’s various programs, including its HELP Loan Program and Direct Deposit Program.
Thompson Coburn has served as counsel to Metro (Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District), advising on public finance, general contract, administrative, real estate, employee benefits, and litigation matters. In addition, the firm has served as Bond Counsel, Underwriter’s Counsel and Issuer’s Counsel in connection with numerous tax-exempt financings for the Metro’s transit system and other capital projects and has represented the agency in issues pertaining to sale-leaseback and other financing transactions.