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Experience:
Joanna Horsnail is a government and finance transactional attorney whose practice focuses on four key areas:
Public Finance. Represents clients in tax-exempt financings as bond counsel, underwriters' counsel, issuer's counsel, and credit enhancer's counsel. Joanna has participated in financings for the State of Illinois (bond counsel for $10 billion pension obligation bond financing, which was named a Bond Buyer Midwest deal of the year), the City of Chicago, the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, the Illinois Housing Development Authority, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the County of DuPage, Columbia College, Loyola University, charter schools and other public and not-for-profit entities.
General Governmental Representation. Provides general counsel to governmental bodies engaged in activities such as privatization, economic development, procurement, ethics, and complex developments and special projects. She has negotiated and documented sophisticated transactions involving the State of Illinois, the City of Chicago, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, and the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority.
Project Finance, Design and Construction. Represents public and private owners, developers, lenders, and contractors regarding the development, financing, acquisition, and disposition of facilities, including various renewable energy projects. Joanna negotiates and prepares design and construction agreements, leases, service agreements, purchase agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, consulting contracts and various project-management agreements.
Sports and Entertainment Transactions. Represents clients in regard to financing, constructing, and renovating professional sports stadiums, and also advises on sports facilities management agreements, naming rights, sponsorships and special events contracts.
Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 1998, Joanna was associated with another law firm, where she represented government clients. In 2007, she received a "Woman of the Year" award from the Women in Public Finance professional organization.
Education:
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, JD, 1996; Order of the Coif; Chicago-Kent Law Review, University of Colorado, BS, 1993. | 