Baird has been helping special districts across Illinois with funding capital projects through a variety of debt financing tools, refinancing outstanding debt for savings or restructuring purposes, and addressing our clients’ unique needs with an “outside the box” approach. This experience includes serving special districts such as parks, forest preserves, fire protection, libraries, water, sewer and electric utilities. Our tenured team focuses on long-term partnerships rather than short-term fixes. We combine a thorough understanding of your special district’s needs with the firm’s full range of services to create thoughtful solutions that achieve your financial objectives.

Our Services

Baird's Illinois Special District team provides the following services and solutions:

  • Debt structuring, issuance and management
  • Refinancing outstanding bonds and loans
  • Capital needs planning
  • Credit rating assistance and strategy development
  • Continuing disclosure assistance
  • Referendum assistance

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Baird’s Illinois Special District Team 

Contact a member of Baird’s Illinois special district team to explore your debt financing options.

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