Albert A. del Castillo focuses his practice on public finance law, with an emphasis on bond issues throughout the state of Florida and Puerto Rico. Albert has served clients as bond counsel, underwriters’ counsel and disclosure counsel in a variety of issues, including general obligation, infrastructure, airport, electric, water and sewer, health care, education, resource recovery, sports facilities, special assessment, insurance assessment, community development district, and industrial development financing. He has also served as letter of credit bank counsel and as trustee’s counsel.
Albert has served as bond counsel in highly innovative and complex bond financings, including the representation of Broward County, FL, in its $622 million airport revenue bonds for Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, which was selected by The Bond Buyer as the 2012 Southeast Region 'Deal of the Year.' In 2006, he represented a client in a $3.05 billion financing, which at the time was Florida’s largest new-money municipal bond issue. In 2004, Albert represented the same client in a $750 million financing which was selected by The Bond Buyer as the 2004 National 'Deal of the Year.'
Concentrations
•Local government public finance
•Project and infrastructure finance
•Health care finance
•Higher education finance
•Transportation and airport finance
Recognition & Leadership
Awards & Accolades
•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Public Finance Law, 2006-2026
•'Lawyer of the Year,' Public Finance Law, Miami, 2020, 2023, and 2025
•Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2006-2025
•“Band 1 Leading Individual” in Banking and Finance - Public Finance
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Florida Super Lawyers, 2007-2025
•The Bond Buyer
•Team Member, Deal of the Year, 2024
•Team Member, Innovative Financing Deal of the Year, 2024
•Selected, Daily Business Review, 'Top Dealmaker of the Year - Public Finance Category,' 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016
•Selected, Daily Business Review, Corporate Finance 'Top Dealmaker,' 2007
•Selected, Daily Business Review, 'Most Effective Lawyers,' 2006
•Listed, South Florida Legal Guide, 'Top Lawyer,' 2014-2017
•Listed, Florida Trend magazine, 'Legal Elite,' Public Finance and Bonds, 2006-2007, 2011
•Recipient, 'Georgetown University's John Carroll Award,' the University's highest alumni service award, 2017
•Recipient, South Florida Business Journal and Citibank, 'Key Partner Award,' 2006
•Rated, AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0
American College of Bond Counsel
•Member, Archdiocese of Miami Finance Council
•Member, Georgetown University Board of Regents
•Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
•Past Member, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Foundation Board
•Past Member, Memorial Hospital Foundation Board
•Past President, Miami-Dade County Education Fund