LOS ANGELES - Public finance attorney Anastasia Khokhryakova has joined Ballard Spahr LLP in its Denver office.
The firm said that her arrival adds a Denver presence to the firm’s public finance practice.
“Our Denver office opened 30 years ago with a strong public finance practice, and we have always been committed to re-establishing our local public finance presence,” said William Rhodes, chair of the firm’s public finance department. “We have been careful to identify a new public finance leader in Colorado, and we believe Anastasia is that person.”
Khokhryakova will focus on public and project finance, serving as bond, disclosure, or issuer counsel to governmental authorities, higher education and health care institutions, special districts, and other municipal issuers.
She has also represented investment banking institutions throughout the country in their underwriting and advisory activities, as well as commercial banks in direct purchase transactions and credit enhancements.
“We are delighted that Anastasia will be joining us,” said Roger Thomasch, managing partner of Ballard Spahr’s Denver office. “She will be an outstanding addition to our Denver office and will immediately become a key part of our transactional practice in the West.”
At Ballard Spahr, Khokhryakova is a member of the firm’s public private partnership and infrastructure, health care, higher education, securities, and transactional finance groups, as well as Ballard Spahr’s Municipal Recovery Initiative.
“In this economy, it is a challenge for governments, universities, and other institutions to finance the improvements they need. Moving these projects forward is more complicated than ever,” Khokhryakova said. “I look forward to building the practice in Denver and working with its attorneys throughout the country.”
Ballard Spahr has 13 offices in the United States, including Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. In 2012, the firm ranked tenth among underwriter’s counsel based on par value issued, according to Thomson Reuters data.
