Kutak Rock has added 4 veteran public finance attorneys and opened places of work in Columbus and Cleveland, the agency stated Tuesday.
Tony Core and Greg Daniels will be part of agency tax accomplice Matthias Edrich in Columbus, and Russ Balthis and Jessica Ice will lead the brand new workplace in Cleveland.
“One of many targets for the agency is to draw the perfect attorneys and workers that we are able to; and when there are alternatives, wherever they arrive up, we’re completely happy to speak,” Edrich informed The Bond Purchaser. “And that is what occurred right here.”
The additions carry Kutak Rock’s headcount to 600 attorneys nationwide.
“Increasing into Ohio represents an thrilling new chapter for Kutak Rock,” John Petr, chair of the agency, stated in an announcement. “This development not solely extends our geographic attain but additionally strengthens our skill to serve purchasers throughout the nation.
“Kutak Rock continues to develop its main nationwide public finance observe, as evidenced by this growth into Ohio and our addition of 4 public finance attorneys
Edrich famous that whereas the brand new places of work are in Columbus and Cleveland, the agency works on offers throughout Ohio, together with in Cincinnati and Akron.
Daniels has labored with native governments, builders, underwriters and bond traders, totally on growth tasks.
“One of many causes that I believed Kutak was an ideal match was we’re very aligned in that Kutak has an ideal nationwide observe on growth tasks,” he stated. “Particularly growth districts and the forms of purchasers concerned in financings by growth districts. … And so I actually considered it as a chance to develop what I had been doing in that space,” with Kutak’s sources and public finance and growth focus.
Ice, who has been a practising public finance legal professional for practically 5 years, stated she was “excited to go to a agency the place the important thing focus was public finance.”
“I’ve completed quite a lot of several types of roles throughout the public finance area, together with however not restricted to common obligation and airport income financings,” she stated. “I had the good alternative to work with Greg, Tony and Russ within the financial growth area and develop the Kutak footprint all through Ohio.”
Daniels stated one purpose the agency was enthusiastic about increasing into Ohio was the number of alternatives there: Columbus and Cleveland exemplify that selection.
“Columbus has actually been present process lots of inhabitants development and, with that, lots of new greenfield growth,” Daniels stated. “So from a public finance and infrastructure standpoint, there’s lots of actually good, attention-grabbing tasks (there).”
Cleveland, an older metropolis, has not seen the identical explosive development, however has “lots of actually good, attention-grabbing city redevelopment tasks,” he stated. “Of us within the Cleveland space have very busy with such tasks and extra redevelopment.”
Each he and Ice have labored on comparable redevelopment tasks in recent times, he famous.
“They’ve an ideal observe,” Edrich stated of the brand new attorneys. “They’re very adept at working with purchasers, and it simply made sense for us to speak and get collectively and develop. It was an ideal alternative, and it was due to them and their understanding of what is going on on in Ohio that it made sense.”
Kutak Rock now has 21 places of work throughout 15 states and Washington, D.C. It ranked second amongst prime bond counsel within the first half of 2025, with $19.37 billion in par quantity and seven.05% market share, in line with LSEG information.
