The Workshop 2024: Session Bundle
If you did not attend The Workshop 2024, you can purchase access to individual sessions or the complete bundle: 10 sessions and 12+ CLE hours.
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For attending the 48th Workshop or purchasing our on-demand sessions! Recordings of the conference sessions and supporting materials will be emailed to you.
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Available Topics
Note: Our on-demand offerings don’t qualify for on-demand CLE in Virginia and Tennessee.
Still Warm Topics in Securities Law
Practitioners and regulators discuss the latest federal securities law issues facing the municipal bond market, with a focus on how lawyers may assist their clients in addressing these issues.
Let Me Check With My Desk
Investment bankers share a behind-the-scenes look at the structure and organization of a desk, the various professionals working there, and the roles they play in the sale of municipal bonds.
The New NABL Model Bond Opinion Report
Report authors and NABL leadership walk through the new report and changes made.
What Does the IRS Think About Your Client’s Bond Issue – A View from the Other Side
This panel includes representatives of the IRS, and the discussion focuses on the IRS’ perspective on staffing levels and other TEB management matters, tax-exempt bonds and other tax-advantaged bonds, current topics relating to the IRS Voluntary Closing Agreement Program (VCAP), and more.
Trending Topic in Tax
Go deeper on current federal tax issues, including any recently released notices, rulings, regulations and/or other guidance.
Underwriter’s Counsel Confab
This panel will consider the duties, responsibilities, and potential liability for underwriters in public offerings of municipal securities and the role of counsel in representing underwriters.
Credit Enhancement, Direct Purchases and Other Bank Products – General Considerations (Non-Tax)
Topics discussed include an overview of and trends in bank facilities, such as letters of credit, standby bond purchase agreements, hybrid financings, liquidity and operational financings, direct-placement financings and other bank loans; securities law considerations; negotiation of covenants and other contract terms; use of forward delivery arrangements, “Cinderella” and other refunding tools; application of certain MSRB rules; roles and responsibilities of Municipal Advisors and Placement Agents; and considerations relating to continuing disclosure “financial obligation” filings.
Private Activity Bond Tests
Through a series of hypotheticals, explore the nuances that frequently arise in the application of the private activity bond tests with a focus on refundings, changes in use and exceptions to private use.
Multifamily Housing – Adjusting to a New Normal
Learn about current issues in deal structures, the impact of the return of opportunities for positive arbitrage, issues relating to increasingly complex capital stacks and available sources of funds for housing developments, and emerging tax and disclosure issues.
Current Topics in Energy Finance
A discussion by the panelists on some of the priorities, objectives and goals that are impacting the development and financing of energy and specifically renewable energy projects by municipal issuers in the context of an ever-changing regulatory environment.