Atty. Adam P. Gordon
Adam Gordon is a partner in Nixon Peabody’s Project Finance and Public Finance group. His practice concentrates on infrastructure, economic development, and project finance.
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Adam P. Gordon is a business attorney based in New York, New York, practicing at Nixon Peabody LLP. Admitted to practice in New York, New York State Bar Admissions and New Jersey, New Jersey Bar Admissions. Educated at Hamilton College (B.A.) and New York Law School (J.D.). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Public Finance Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — in America (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — from 2022-2023 for work in: (2026). Serands clients in New York, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Adam Gordon is a partner in Nixon Peabody’s Project Finance and Public Finance group
- His practice concentrates on infrastructure, economic development, and project finance
- Adam serves as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriters’ counsel, and bank counsel on tax-exempt and taxable bond issuances
- He has worked on private activity, nonprofit, housing, transportation, pooled lending, waste management, and public power financings, and has written and published articles on public finance topics
- What do you focus on?
- Economic Development I have significant experience representing industrial development agencies and local development corporations in New York State, including the New York City Economic Development Corporation
- In my economic development practice, I draft and negotiate leases, loan agreements, mortgages, bond indentures, PILOT documentation, escrow agreements, guaranties, and offering documents in connection with tax benefit transactions and conduit financings
- My knowledge of the New York State Industrial Development Agency statutory framework has allowed me to assist with the development and implementation of new programs while helping my clients find solutions
- I have often served as bond counsel and underwriters’ counsel on financings undertaken by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York and the Empire State Development Corporation for New York State economic development programs
- Transportation/Infrastructure Much of my practice is devoted to transportation finance
- As bond counsel to the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, I draft and review financing documents and manage and execute complex transactions
- These include new money issuances, refundings, direct purchases, and remarketings
- I have also served as special disclosure counsel to MTA and have experience coordinating the preparation and dissemination of disclosure materials in accordance with federal securities laws
- In addition, I serve as bond counsel to New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority and have served as underwriters’ counsel for securities issued by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Bank Counsel In my bank counsel practice, I often represent financial institutions issuing standby bond purchase agreements to support tax-exempt bonds in various sectors
- I also have experience negotiating credit facilities and representing lenders in the direct purchase of privately placed debt
- Project Finance I have worked on several high profile project financings in the capacity of bond counsel, underwriters’ counsel and borrowers’ counsel
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