Kutak Rock is the only law firm ranked in the top four in all categories of the Thomson Reuters 2016 Year-end Annual Review. The firm ranks No. 4 by transactions in the areas of bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, disclosure counsel and special tax counsel.
In 2016 Kutak Rock reported 464 bond counsel issues totaling $16.4 billion, 287 underwriter counsel issues totaling $12.7 billion, and 198 disclosure counsel issues totaling $8.7 billion. According to Thomson Reuters’ statistics, Kutak Rock has been among the most active bond counsel firms in the nation, served as underwriter’s counsel in a larger number of public finance issues than any other firm in the past 24 years, and is one of the national most active disclosure counsel firms.
A particular strength benefitting Kutak Rock clients is a group of nationally recognized tax lawyers dedicated solely to the public finance practice. In 2016 it ranked No. 4 with 21 issues totaling $1.25 billion.
Thomson Reuters, a leading information source for the financial, legal, tax/accounting, scientific, health care and media markets, based the rankings and volume totals on all long-term municipal new issues underwritten from Jan. 1, 2016 to Dec. 31, 2016.