Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP Selected as City of Cincinnati Bond Counsel

Milwaukee, WI, November 20, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP, (GSH), a full-service, national minority-owned law firm, has been selected as bond counsel by the City of Cincinnati. Four law firms were chosen through an RFP process to assist the City with its bond issuances and provide advice related to those and prior issuances, as well as related economic development financing issues.

Earlier this year, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley appointed a 70+ member team to the Economic Inclusion Advisory Council to develop a strategy to identify economic inclusion best practices for recommendations to the City. The Council expects to offer recommendations by the end of the year on how the City of Cincinnati can improve the way it does business with companies owned by minorities and women and become a role model for the region.

“I am pleased that a high-quality firm like Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan has been selected as the City’s bond counsel,” said Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley. “Not only does the firm have a reputation for great work, it also shows that our efforts to make our contracting processes more inclusive are already starting to pay off.”

Two members of the Economic Inclusion Advisory Council also weighed in on the firm’s selection as bond counsel. Steven Love, President of SRL Consulting, Inc. said, "Gonzalez Saggio Harlan's selection for bond counsel services by the City of Cincinnati underlines the full capabilities and experience of this firm to perform services that are of extreme importance to the city and its residents." Vincent Brown of BRBS World, added, “We are so pleased to see that the City of Cincinnati is embracing economic inclusion by its selection of a GSH, a world-class law firm.”

The specialized public finance expertise the firm possesses will enhance the City’s ability to continue to attract economic development through a variety of financing strategies. “Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan has handled public finance transactions across the country, and we are excited to provide bond counsel to the City. As a certified Minority Business Enterprise, we applaud the City of Cincinnati’s efforts to increase opportunities for minority and women owned businesses.” said Emery Harlan, Chairman of Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan.

Over the past five years, Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan has participated in nearly $35 billion in municipal finance transactions, representing issuers, underwriters, credit providers, trustees, and private beneficiaries in various types of tax-exempt, tax-credit and taxable financings. Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan is listed in the current edition of The Bond Buyer’s Municipal Marketplace (Red Book) in the “Municipal Bond Attorneys” section.

The firm’s public finance clients include the Cities of Atlanta, Chicago, Compton (CA), Milwaukee, New York, and Philadelphia; Illinois Finance Authority; Indiana Finance Authority; Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District; New York State Industrial Development Agency; New York City Transitional Finance Authority; Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission; the States of Connecticut, New York, and Wisconsin and others.

About Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP
Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP (www.gshllp.com) is a national minority-owned law firm with 16 offices located in Atlanta; Boca Raton, Fla.; Boston; Chicago; Cleveland; Indianapolis; Los Angeles; Miami; Milwaukee; Nashville; New York; Pasadena; Phoenix; Washington, D.C.; Wayne, N.J; and West Des Moines, Iowa. The firm represents midsized to Fortune 1000 corporations, governmental entities, and individuals in public finance transactions, litigation, employment, environmental, corporate and transactional, real estate, intellectual property & technology, energy, and appellate practice. Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan practices law with a commitment to quality, diversity and to the communities it serves.