Recognizing that the planning and implementing of financings may be the most daunting challenge of any governmental entity, not-for-profit corporation or any borrower, Ms. Shanes focuses her public finance practice on meeting the precise needs of her clients. Given the myriad of issues and unknowns attendant to a project financing, which is further complicated by the overlay of the federal tax code, the securities laws and other regulatory approvals, successful execution of a financing demands the highest level of attention and the greatest depth of expertise.
Ms. Shanes concentrates her public finance practice in general obligation, school district, exempt facility and revenue bonds and certificates of participation. She also acts as counsel to underwriters, institutional purchasers, borrowers, letter of credit banks and trustees in public finance transactions. She has extensive experience in the implementation and utilization of interest rate swap agreements and other derivative products in public finance transactions, and actively focuses on federal and state securities laws disclosure.
Ms. Shanes has spoken at numerous symposia and conferences, including the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, the American Bankers Association, the Institute for Professional Development, the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools, the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, the New Jersey School Boards Association, the Essex County School Board Association, and the National Association of Bond Lawyers.
Ms. Shanes is an elected member and Past President of the Springfield Board of Education and was an appointed member of the Legislative and Resolution Committees of the New Jersey School Boards Association. She is Past Assembly Representative to the Union County Educational Services Commission.
Ms. Shanes is recognized as a New Jersey Super Lawyer for 2006 and 2007 editions.
Memberships & Affiliations
New Jersey State Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Essex County Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
American Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
National Association of Bond Lawyers
New Jersey Association of School Business Officials
New Jersey Association of County Financial Officers
Association for Governmental Leasing and Finance
Representative Matters
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Transportation System Bonds
$1,315,000,000 New Jersey Building Authority State Building Revenue Bonds, 2011 Series B - Bond Counsel
Bond Counsel
Connecticut Housing Financing Authority Special Needs Housing Mortgage Finance Program State-Supported Special Obligation Bonds $20,000,000 Series 17 (Federally Taxable) - Underwriter's Counsel
New Jersey Economic Development Authority $73,779,000 Revenue Refunding Bonds (Cedar Crest Village, Inc. Project), Series 2011 - Bond Counsel
New Jersey Economic Development Authority's $125,000,000 Special Facility Revenue Bonds (Port Newark Container Terminal LLC Project), Series 2003A and B Bifuraction of Series, Substitution of Letters of Credit and Remarketing (2012) - Bond Counsel
Purchaser's Counsel
Township of North Brunswick, New Jersey General Obligation Water/Wastewater System Refunding Bonds, $20,105,000 Series 2011A and $400,000 Series 2011B (Federally Taxable) - Bond Counsel
Speaking
May 2011, Tax-Exempt Financing of Capital Projects
Jacqueline P. Shanes
New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
10/07/09, Finding Dollars through Alternative Energy: What Non-Profits should be Asking
Jeannette M. Bond, Susan A. Feeney, Scott A. Kobler and Jacqueline P. Shanes
McCarter & English seminar, Newark, NJ
September 2005, September 2006, September 2007, Bond Defaults and Workouts
Jacqueline P. Shanes
National Association of Bond Lawyers Annual Conferences in Chicago, IL
2002, School Construction and Finance
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Essex County School Boards Association
2000, Preparation of Bond Sale and Official Statement Workshop
Jacqueline P. Shanes
Institute for Professional Development of the Municipal Finance Officers Association
1999, Bond Financing and the Preservation of Open Space
Jacqueline P. Shanes
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
1998, When Guarantors Fail - An In Depth Look at Executive Life Insurance Company and Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Jacqueline P. Shanes
American Bankers' Association Annual Corporate Trust Conference
1996, Update on Accountant's Comfort Letters and Exposure to Tort Liability
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New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants' Governmental Accounting and Auditing Conference
Publications
07/22/10, Before And After - Amending SEC Rule 15c2-12
Securities Law360
06/21/10, Amendments To Continuing Disclosure Requirements
M&E Public Finance Alert
12/01/09, Funding Renewable Energy Projects: Incentives for NJ Private Developers
Commerce Magazine
10/30/09, New Jersey Economic Stimulus Act of 2009 -- Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grants
M&E Public Finance Alert
03/31/09, What's Hiding Under the Bed? How 501(c)(3) Organizations Can Prepare for the New Form 990, Schedule K
M&E Public Finance Alert
03/11/09, Continuing Disclosure -- New Procedures
M&E Public Finance Alert
03/06/09, The Stimulus Act -- Tax-Exempt Manufacturing Bonds
M&E Public Finance Alert
03/06/09, The Stimulus Act -- Marketability For Tax-Exempt Bonds
M&E Public Finance Alert
03/06/09, The Stimulus Act -- Build America Bonds And Recovery Zone Bonds
M&E Public Finance Alert
03/06/09, The Stimulus Act -- Qualified School Construction Bonds
M&E Public Finance Alert