Professionals

• Co-Underwriters' Counsel for The Illinois State Toll Highway $700,000,000 Toll Highway Variable Rate Senior Priority Revenue Bonds, 2007 Series A-1 and 2007 Series A-2

• Bond Counsel for the Board of Education of the City of Chicago $238,720,000 Unlimited Tax General Obligations Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2007D

• Underwriters' Counsel for The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois $118,370,000 Certificates of Participation, (Refunding and Projects), Series 2007A and (Refunding), Series 2007B

• Underwriters' Counsel for The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois $112,840,000 Certificates of Participation (Refunding and Projects), Series 2007A and (Refunding), Series 2007B

• Underwriters' Counsel for the City of Country Club Hills Cook County, Illinois $25,000,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007

• Bond Counsel for the School District Number 150, Cook County Illinois $5,485,000 General Obligation Limited Tax Life Safety School Bonds, Series 2007

• Issuer's Counsel for the Illinois Finance Authority $5,000,000 Industrial Development Revenue Bond, Series 2007 (47 Asphalt Company Project)

• Co-Underwriters' Counsel for The Illinois State Toll Highway $766,200,000 Toll Highway Variable Rate Senior Refunding Revenue Bonds, 2008 Series A-1 and 2008 Series A-2

• Issuer's Counsel for the Illinois Finance Authority $14,790,000 Variable Rate Demand Notes, Fiscal Year 2007-2008B (Jewish Charities Revenue Anticipation Note Program)

• Draft loan agreements for complex public finance, commercial, and personal credit transactions.

• Interpretation of Internal Revenue Code provisions related to international income tax transactions for financial investment product compliance.

• Interpretation of federal banking and investment regulations for financial product and operations compliance.

• Negotiation with the Internal Revenue Service for corporate income tax return penalty abatements.