State of Illinois. From 2011 through 2013, the firm has served as the state’s bond counsel in multiple transactions, including: (1) seven issuances of general obligation bonds (both taxable and tax-exempt) in the aggregate principal amount of $5.6 billion; (2) four issuances of Build Illinois Bonds (both taxable and tax-exempt) in the aggregate principal amount of $1.6 billion; (3) the $1.47 billion Unemployment Insurance Fund Building Receipts Revenue Bonds (Illinois Department of Employment Security), Series 2012A, Series 2012B and Series 2012C; and (4) the November 2013 remarketing of $600 million Variable Rate General Obligation Bonds Series B of October 2003 and the corresponding issuance of letters of credit from six banks. In addition, the firm served as bond counsel in the state’s April 2010 issuance of approximately $1 billion in general obligation bonds consisting of a portion of Build America Bonds and a portion of taxable bonds through both a competitive bid and negotiated sale. We also served as bond counsel on the state’s 2003 issuance of $10 billion of pension funding bonds—the largest long-term municipal bond transaction ever undertaken, which was cited as The Bond Buyer’s “Regional Deal of the Year.”

City of Chicago. Since 2009, Mayer Brown has served as bond counsel to the City of Chicago on several transactions involving the city’s Midway Airport revenue bonds. In particular, Mayer Brown also served as bond counsel on the city’s sale or remarketing of the following bonds: (1) its $64 million Chicago Midway Airport Second Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 1998A, and $68 million Chicago Midway Airport, Series 1998B Bonds, in 2010; (2) its $62 million Chicago Midway Airport Second Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2004C-1, $74 million Chicago Midway Airport Second Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2004C-2, and $15 million Chicago Midway Airport Second Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2004D, in 2011; (3) its $327 million Chicago Midway Airport Second Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A-1, 2010A-2, 2010B and 2010C; (4) its $333 million Chicago Midway Airport Second Lien Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2013A, 2013B and 2013C; (5) its $896 million Chicago Midway Second Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2014A, 2014B and 2014C; and (6) its $342 million Chicago Midway Second Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A and 2016B. And we also have served the city as underwriters’ counsel on multiple complex debt offerings, representing Chicago on transactions with an aggregate principal amount of approximately $5 billion.

Illinois Finance Authority (IFA). We have represented the IFA in its issuance of more than $1 billion in bonds. Recently, we represented the IFA on the following financings: (1) its $125 million Surface Freight Transfer Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2012, and $75 million Surface Freight Transfer Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2010, (both for the Centerpoint Joliet Terminal Railroad Project); (2) its $135 million Recovery Zone Facility Revenue Bonds, Series 2010, (Navistar International Corporation Project); (3) its $4.5 million Illinois Finance Authority Recovery Zone Facility Bonds, Series 2010, (Annex II, LLC – Rock City Development Project); and (4) its $90 million Variable Rate Demand Revenue Bonds, Series 2009 (Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago). We also served as underwriters’ counsel in several offerings by IFA, including the $92 million tax-exempt revenue bonds on behalf of Loyola University of Chicago and the $369 million tax-exempt revenue bonds on behalf of the University of Chicago.

Chicago Board of Education. Mayer Brown served as bond counsel to the Chicago Board of Education (Board) in refunding certain of its $109,825,000 Unlimited Tax General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2012B. We also served as bond counsel on the Board’s first issuance of Build America Bonds—its $518 million Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2009E, (Taxable Build America Bonds “Direct Payment”) and its $29,125,000 Tax-Exempt Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2009F. We also represented the Board as bond counsel in its capital improvement program—among the largest urban school improvement programs in the nation, with one of the financings cited as “Deal of the Year” by Institutional Investor. And we served as underwriters’ counsel for the Board’s $725 million Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2016A.

County of Cook. Mayer Brown served as bond counsel to Cook County’s inaugural issuance of sales tax revenue bonds, the $90 million The County of Cook, Illinois Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2012.