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The top five bond financings came in above $8 billion.

Eisner Advisory Group Partner Allen Wilen is the chief restructuring officer for Jackson Hospital & Clinic.

Patrick Harker, the longest serving regional reserve bank president, will leave office in June 2025. Directors at the Fed bank have started the search for his replacement.

The top five bond financings came in above $1 billion.

The newcomers, Greenberg Traurig, Bryant Rabbino and Ballard Spahr, knocked Bracewell, Nixon Peabody and Gilmore & Bell, out of the top 10.

The top five bond financings have an average dollar volume of more than $1.9 billion.

The top five bond financings have an average dollar volume of more than $1.2 billion.

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BofA Securities led the underwriting of healthcare issuance in 2023, with $3.3549 billion in total.

Healthcare issuance in 2023 was lower than usual, as many issuers were still using COVID-related federal aid. The largest issuances came from the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe take the top spot with a 10.29% market share.

RBC Capital Markets took the top spot for total education issuance, underwriting more than $10 billion in 2023.

Two California issuers take first and third spots on the list. The Regents of the University of California top the list with $2.875 billion in six deals while Los Angeles Unified School District lands at third with $1.189 billion in two deals.

Orrick Herrington took the top spot with nearly 50% of the market.

Goldman Sachs took the top spot in underwriting public power debt, coming in at nearly $6 billion in 2023.

The top 10 bond counsels saw some shuffling and welcomed two new entrants, Locke Lord and Ballard Spahr.

The top five bond financings have an average dollar volume of more than $1.9 billion.

The growing federal debt level may pressure lawmakers to retract or reduce the tax-exemption for munis to generate revenue, some market participants argue.

DASNY, Washington, Massachusetts, Jefferson County, Alabama, and the New Jersey Education Facilities Authority entered the top 10, with the last three issuers coming to market after not issuing any debt in the first quarter of 2023.