Heidi H. Jeffery
Partner
Heidi Jeffery is a partner and business lawyer with 番茄社区; Lardner LLP. Heidi focuses her practice on the representation of borrowers in sophisticated financing transactions and loan workouts. Heidi is a member of the firm鈥檚 Finance & Financial Institutions Practice. She is also a member of the firm鈥檚 Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) Team; the Health Care Finance; and the Public Finance Practices as well as the Health Care Industry Team.
Heidi also frequently represents broker-dealers in connection with municipal securities compliance matters. In addition, Heidi has experience representing banks in general lending transactions, including both secured and unsecured commercial loans. In the ESG space, she helps governmental and nonprofit clients determine policies to implement and understand what investors focus on and consider relevant.
Representative Experience
- Corporate counsel on tax-exempt and taxable financings for national nonprofit health care system, including refinancing鈥檚 resulting from mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring
- Corporate Counsel to developer and owner/operator of a HUD 232 senior living properties
- Corporate Counsel to owner/operator of senior living facility
- Corporate counsel to borrowers of revolving and term loan credit facilities
- Disclosure counsel to various Illinois municipal issuers
- Co-Underwriter鈥檚 Counsel on The Bond Buyer鈥檚 2012 Deal of the Year: Michigan Finance Authority $2.9 billion of Unemployment Obligation Assessment Revenue Bonds 鈥 the bonds were issued under recently adopted legislation utilizing an innovative structure to obtain AAA ratings from three major rating services
- Bond counsel on housing finance authority transactions
Awards and Recognition
Each year since 2012,聽Heidi has been recognized by her peers with inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America漏 in the field of Public Finance Law.*
Recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the practice area of Public Finance (2024-2025)
Affiliations
Heidi聽is active in civic and industry organizations. She is a former聽member of the board of directors of Girls in the Game, the President鈥檚 Council of Chicago鈥檚 Museum of Science and Industry and the board of directors of Women in Public Finance.
Presentations and Publications
- Co-author, 鈥淗ealth Care Providers: Considerations with Green Bonds Issuance,鈥 Health Care Law Today (October 12, 2021)
- Co-author, 鈥淏uild Back Better: Notable Infrastructure and Other Public Finance Provisions Make Progress in Congress,鈥 Legal News: Public Finance (September 23, 2021)
- Presenter, “Development Agreements Between Municipalities and Private Parties,” Strafford Webinars by Strafford Publications, Inc. (January 13, 2021)
- Co-author, 鈥淯pdated Federal Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic 鈥 Establishing the Municipal Liquidity Fund,鈥 Foley’s Coronavirus Resource Center (May 8, 2020)
- Co-author, 鈥淚ssuers and Conduit Borrowers of Municipal Securities: Don鈥檛 Neglect Your Continuing Disclosure Obligations Under Rule 15c-2-12鈥ven While Working From Home,鈥 Foley’s Coronavirus Resource Center (May 7, 2020)
- Co-author, 鈥淪EC Chairman and OMS Director Issue Public Statement on Importance of Disclosure to Municipal Securities Market in Light of COVID-19,鈥 Foley’s Coronavirus Resource Center (May 7, 2020)
- Co-author, “Federal Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic – Establishing the Municipal Liquidity Fund,” Foley’s Coronavirus Resource Center (April 9, 2020)
- Co-author, “Managing the Commercial Impact of the Coronavirus: Implications for Commercial Paper Market,” Foley’s Coronavirus Resource Center (March 20, 2020)
- 鈥淣ew SEC Disclosure Obligations for Municipal Bonds,鈥 Strafford Webinars (2019)
- 鈥淒evelopment Agreements Between Municipalities and Private Parties,鈥 Strafford Webinars (2019)
- 鈥淩ule 15c2-12 – preparing for February Changes,鈥澛牱焉缜; Lardner LLP Web Conference (2019)
- 鈥淒igital Health Opportunities and Considerations For PE,鈥 Law360 (2018)
- 鈥淭he SEC鈥檚 Proposed Changes to Rule 15c2-12 Could Have Far Reaching Impact,鈥 番茄社区; Lardner LLP Legal News (2017)
- 鈥淭he SEC鈥檚 Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative 鈥 An Inevitable Dilemma?,鈥 番茄社区; Lardner LLP Web Conference (2014)
- 鈥淭he MCDC Initiative: Window Closes on September 10, 2014,鈥 番茄社区; Lardner LLP Legal News (2014)
- 鈥淎ccess to Capital: The Municipal Advisor Rule,鈥 番茄社区; Lardner LLP Web Conference (2014)
- 鈥淪EC Actions Compel New Focus on Disclosure,鈥 HFM Magazine (2013)
- 鈥淐ity of Harrisburg Settles with SEC on Rule 10b-5 Violations,鈥澛番茄社区; Lardner LLP Legal News (2013)
- 鈥淎ccess to Capital: The Importance of Disclosure Transparency and Procedures for Health Care Borrowers,鈥 番茄社区; Lardner LLP Web Conference (2013)
- 鈥淣ew SEC Chair: What It May Mean for the Municipal Securities Market,鈥 番茄社区; Lardner LLP Legal News (2012)
- 鈥淢SRB: Dealers Must Report Bond Ballot Campaign Contributions Under MSRB Rule G-37,鈥澛番茄社区; Lardner LLP Legal News (2010)
- 鈥淪helf Registration for Tax-Exempt Bonds,鈥 番茄社区; Lardner LLP Legal News (2009)
- 鈥淩ecent SEC Rule Changes and Implications for Municipal Bond Issuers and Borrowers,鈥 番茄社区; Lardner LLP Legal News (2009)
- 鈥淢unicipal Securities Rulemaking Board Rules Apply to Build America Bonds: Broker-Dealers Should Review Compliance Procedures,鈥澛番茄社区; Lardner LLP Legal News (2009)
Professional Memberships
- Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Member, American Health Lawyers Association
- Member, American Bar Association
* The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.
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