Greenberg Traurig Deal Wins 2024 Bond Buyer Innovative Financing of the Year Award

NEW YORK - Nov. 11, 2024 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Brightline Trains Florida LLC on its $5.5 billion debt recapitalization, which won Innovative Financing of the Year at the 2024 Bond Buyer Deal of the Year Awards. The awards ceremony will be held Dec. 3.

The Brightline recapitalization was the largest private-activity bond issuance in 2024 and the first investment-grade debt for American high-speed rail. Brightline is the only privately owned and operated passenger rail system built in the United States in the past 100 years.

The Bond Buyer Deal of the Year Awards recognize outstanding achievements in municipal finance transactions throughout the year. As recipient of the Innovative Financing Deal of the Year, Greenberg Traurig also is eligible for the national Deal of the Year Award, which will be announced at the awards ceremony.

The team from Greenberg Traurig was led by Public Finance & Infrastructure Shareholder Ben McGuire in Boston, with support from Public Finance & Infrastructure Shareholders Vanessa Albert Lowry in Philadelphia and Albert A. del Castillo in Miami, Environmental Shareholder Kerri L. Barsh in Miami, Tax Shareholder Marvin A. Kirsner in Fort Lauderdale, Government Law & Policy Senior Director Agustin G. Corbella in Tallahassee, and Public Finance & Infrastructure Associate Jason Gonzalez in Miami.

About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2750 attorneys in 48 locations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm is a 2024 BTI "Leading Edge Law Firm" for delivering on client expectations for the future and is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100 and NLJ 500. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab. The firm is recognized for powering its U.S. offices with 100% renewable energy as certified by the Center for Resource Solutions Green-e® Energy program and is a member of the U.S. EPA's Green Power Partnership Program. The firm is known for its philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono. Web: www.gtlaw.com.