Rick Cosgrove is a partner in the Banking Department with a focus in the areas of structured finance, credit enhancement, public finance, leasing, derivative products and capital markets activities of banking institutions. He has been practicing law since 1977 when he joined Chapman and Cutler. Mr. Cosgrove has extensive experience in the representation of domestic and foreign banking institutions and leasing companies in a wide variety of financial transactions, including asset securitization, credit enhancement, derivative products, leasing, project finance and structured financings. Mr. Cosgrove was listed as a “Super Lawyer” in Banking by Illinois Super Lawyers for the year 2010. Selected recent transactions include: - Representation of purchaser of 144A structured notes issued by municipal cooperative to finance wind turbines
- Representation of providers of commodity swaps to support natural gas revenue bonds in excess of $2,000,000,000
- Representation of bank providing credit enhancement for public-private partnership toll revenue bonds in excess of $500,000,000
- Representation of securities affiliate of foreign bank in development of multi-asset tax-exempt securitization program
- Representation of bank syndicate providing credit enhancement and liquidity for $2,000,000,000 commercial paper notes issued by the State of California
- Representation of lessor participants in off balance sheet synthetic lease transactions, including 97 10 construction financing
- Representation of international leasing company regarding synthetic lease financing of approximately $100,000,000 of flight simulators
- Representation of investment bank sponsor in development of open ended tax exempt bond and municipal lease securitization conduit that has issued in excess of $3,000,000,000 of floating rate securities
- Representation of bank in credit/tenant lease of air cargo handling facilities financed with $160,000,000 of tax exempt bonds
- Representation of bank syndicate providing credit enhancement for $1,500,000,000 floating rate debt and commercial paper issued by municipal electric utility
- Representation of bank providing credit enhancement for revenue bonds supported by GSA Lease
- Representation of Hong Kong branch of domestic bank with respect to 144A placement of debt securities issued by a joint venture comprised of a state pension fund and a European limited partnership
- Representation of international leasing company in tax lease of intellectual property
- Representation of bank in securitization of pool of fixed rate GNMA securities financed with floating rate debt
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