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Doron Bar-levav
D: (212) 313-5413  
dbar-levav@harrisbeach.com

Doron M. Bar-Levav

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(212) 313-5413
  dbar-levav@harrisbeach.com
“The keys to enhanced client representation are responsiveness, good judgment, creativity and understanding a client’s goals and objectives. Public finance transactions are collaborative efforts. I try to bring a deft touch as well as subject matter knowledge and experience to help achieve a smooth and successful financing process.”
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As a public finance attorney for more than 40 years, Doron has served as bond counsel and underwriters’ counsel on more than 2,000 financings involving in excess of $125 billion of tax-exempt new money issuances and refundings of general obligation bonds, revenue bonds (including financings for health care, transportation, infrastructure, multi-family housing, educational facilities for K-12, colleges and universities and student loans, industrial development, municipal water, sewer and solid waste and public power).  Doron also has considerable experience with appropriation-backed bond credits and certificates of participation for lease transactions dependent upon annual appropriations.

Public finance clients include the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, the New York State Thruway Authority, the New York State Housing Finance Agency, the New York State Municipal Bond Bank Agency, the Urban Development Corporation d/b/a Empire State Development, the State of New York Mortgage Agency, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, The City of New York, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, the State of Connecticut, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Doron has also served as underwriters’ counsel on financings undertaken by the Power Authority of the State of New York, the New York Local Government Assistance Corporation, the Battery Park City Authority, the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority, the New York City Housing Development Corporation, the New York City Industrial Development Agency/Build NYC Resource Corporation, the New York City Transit Authority, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and the Connecticut Health and Educational Finance Authority,

Doron advises governmental and investment banking clients on a wide range of issues including constitutional and statutory interpretation and drafting, bond issuance authority, disclosure questions and requirements, rating agency considerations, regulatory compliance and the development of innovative financing and securitization structures.

Doron serves as Public Finance and Disclosure Counsel to the New York State Division of the Budget, providing guidance on a broad range of federal securities law and disclosure issues and technical public finance practices as well as New York State constitutional and statutory interpretation. He has drafted new legislation for the State Finance Law, consent decrees, and inter-governmental transfer arrangements involving New York State and its authorities.  He has also served as special disclosure counsel for general obligation bonds issued by the states of Connecticut and Louisiana during periods of fiscal crisis.  

Doron has extensive experience with hospital and nursing home FHA mortgage insurance programs under Sections 242 and 232 of the National Housing Act, including the supplemental loans available under Sections 241 and 223(a) and serves as counsel to FHA bankers, GNMA lenders, and borrowers in connection with taxable and tax-exempt FHA-insured and GNMA-guaranteed hospital financings.

In the corporate finance area, Doron has acted as underwriters' counsel in connection with public and private health care financings, purchaser's counsel in connection with privately placed leveraged lease financings, and bank counsel in connection with letter of credit transactions.

Representative Matters

  • Served as Transaction Counsel for a leading orthopedic hospital that directly issued $350 million aggregate principal amount of taxable bonds in an obligated group financing structure to fund its general capital needs and refinance certain bank lines of credit.
  • As Public Finance Counsel, drafted legislation for the New York State Division of the Budget addressing anticipated budgetary needs of New York State caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The legislation (i) temporarily amended the New York State Debt Reform Act of 2000, (ii) authorized the issuance of up to $8 billion of short-term notes secured by personal income tax revenues and/or sales tax revenues, and (iii) authorized the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York to enter into a $3 billion line of credit facility for the benefit of the New York State secured by an annual appropriation service contract of New York State.
  • Served as Bond Counsel on a $450 million New York State Thruway Authority revenue bond issue to fund its general capital needs for the next 12-18 months.
  • As Bond Counsel, assisted in the structuring and establishment of a new subordinate financing credit for the New York State Thruway Authority to secure a federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (“TIFIA”) loan and finance the new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge that replaced the Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River.
  • Served as FHA Banker’s Counsel and GNMA Lender’s Counsel for a $133,585,100 multi-site, multi-health facility GNMA guaranteed acquisition financing undertaken by the State of South Carolina health system involving a mortgage loan insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Hospital Facilities (“FHA”) pursuant to Section 223(f) of the National Housing Act.
  • Served as Underwriters’ Counsel on a series of New York State Housing Finance Agency bond issues that financed new construction of multi-family affordable housing residential projects. The bond issues were structured to qualify for designations as Climate Bond Certified and/or Sustainability Bonds.

Professional and Civic

  • National Association of Bond Lawyers, member, Subcommittee on Electronic Disclosure
  • New York State Economic Development Council, member
  • The Municipal Forum of New York, member
  • Jewish National Fund, New York Region Board of Directors
  • Hebrew Free Burial Society, board member

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  • Super Lawyers, Metro New York, Government Finance and Securities & Corporate Finance, since 2014
  • Top Attorneys, Metro New York, Government Finance, since 2014
  • Martindale-Hubble, AV Preeminent Rated – Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability and Ethical Standards, since 1991

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University of Texas Law School

JD 
1979

Reed College

BA 
1976

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Doron M. Bar-Levav

dbar-levav@harrisbeach.com
D: (212) 313-5413
New York, NY Office
Doron Bar-levav
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■ Areas of Expertise

Legal Practices

Public Finance and Economic Development Legal Practice

Industry Teams

Financial Institutions and Capital Markets Industry Team
Health Care Industry Team

■ Profile

As a public finance attorney for more than 40 years, Doron has served as bond counsel and underwriters’ counsel on more than 2,000 financings involving in excess of $125 billion of tax-exempt new money issuances and refundings of general obligation bonds, revenue bonds (including financings for health care, transportation, infrastructure, multi-family housing, educational facilities for K-12, colleges and universities and student loans, industrial development, municipal water, sewer and solid waste and public power).  Doron also has considerable experience with appropriation-backed bond credits and certificates of participation for lease transactions dependent upon annual appropriations.

Public finance clients include the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, the New York State Thruway Authority, the New York State Housing Finance Agency, the New York State Municipal Bond Bank Agency, the Urban Development Corporation d/b/a Empire State Development, the State of New York Mortgage Agency, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, The City of New York, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, the State of Connecticut, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Doron has also served as underwriters’ counsel on financings undertaken by the Power Authority of the State of New York, the New York Local Government Assistance Corporation, the Battery Park City Authority, the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority, the New York City Housing Development Corporation, the New York City Industrial Development Agency/Build NYC Resource Corporation, the New York City Transit Authority, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and the Connecticut Health and Educational Finance Authority,

Doron advises governmental and investment banking clients on a wide range of issues including constitutional and statutory interpretation and drafting, bond issuance authority, disclosure questions and requirements, rating agency considerations, regulatory compliance and the development of innovative financing and securitization structures.

Doron serves as Public Finance and Disclosure Counsel to the New York State Division of the Budget, providing guidance on a broad range of federal securities law and disclosure issues and technical public finance practices as well as New York State constitutional and statutory interpretation. He has drafted new legislation for the State Finance Law, consent decrees, and inter-governmental transfer arrangements involving New York State and its authorities.  He has also served as special disclosure counsel for general obligation bonds issued by the states of Connecticut and Louisiana during periods of fiscal crisis.  

Doron has extensive experience with hospital and nursing home FHA mortgage insurance programs under Sections 242 and 232 of the National Housing Act, including the supplemental loans available under Sections 241 and 223(a) and serves as counsel to FHA bankers, GNMA lenders, and borrowers in connection with taxable and tax-exempt FHA-insured and GNMA-guaranteed hospital financings.

In the corporate finance area, Doron has acted as underwriters' counsel in connection with public and private health care financings, purchaser's counsel in connection with privately placed leveraged lease financings, and bank counsel in connection with letter of credit transactions.

■ Representative Matters

  • Served as Transaction Counsel for a leading orthopedic hospital that directly issued $350 million aggregate principal amount of taxable bonds in an obligated group financing structure to fund its general capital needs and refinance certain bank lines of credit.
  • As Public Finance Counsel, drafted legislation for the New York State Division of the Budget addressing anticipated budgetary needs of New York State caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The legislation (i) temporarily amended the New York State Debt Reform Act of 2000, (ii) authorized the issuance of up to $8 billion of short-term notes secured by personal income tax revenues and/or sales tax revenues, and (iii) authorized the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York to enter into a $3 billion line of credit facility for the benefit of the New York State secured by an annual appropriation service contract of New York State.
  • Served as Bond Counsel on a $450 million New York State Thruway Authority revenue bond issue to fund its general capital needs for the next 12-18 months.
  • As Bond Counsel, assisted in the structuring and establishment of a new subordinate financing credit for the New York State Thruway Authority to secure a federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (“TIFIA”) loan and finance the new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge that replaced the Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River.
  • Served as FHA Banker’s Counsel and GNMA Lender’s Counsel for a $133,585,100 multi-site, multi-health facility GNMA guaranteed acquisition financing undertaken by the State of South Carolina health system involving a mortgage loan insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Hospital Facilities (“FHA”) pursuant to Section 223(f) of the National Housing Act.
  • Served as Underwriters’ Counsel on a series of New York State Housing Finance Agency bond issues that financed new construction of multi-family affordable housing residential projects. The bond issues were structured to qualify for designations as Climate Bond Certified and/or Sustainability Bonds.

■ Professional and Civic

  • National Association of Bond Lawyers, member, Subcommittee on Electronic Disclosure
  • New York State Economic Development Council, member
  • The Municipal Forum of New York, member
  • Jewish National Fund, New York Region Board of Directors
  • Hebrew Free Burial Society, board member

■ Admissions

  • Super Lawyers, Metro New York, Government Finance and Securities & Corporate Finance, since 2014
  • Top Attorneys, Metro New York, Government Finance, since 2014
  • Martindale-Hubble, AV Preeminent Rated – Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability and Ethical Standards, since 1991

■ Education

University of Texas Law School
 ,JD
 ,1979
Reed College
 ,BA
 ,1976

Harris Beach and its subsidiaries provide a full range of legal and professional services for clients across New York state, as well as nationally and internationally. Harris Beach is among the country’s top law firms as ranked by The National Law Journal and is among the BTI Elite law firms based on in-depth interviews of more than 600 corporate counsel at the world’s largest and most influential companies. Our clients include Fortune 100 corporations, privately-held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, not-for-profit organizations and individuals. Principal industries we represent include education, energy, financial, food and beverage, health care, insurance, manufacturing, medical and life sciences, real estate developers, and state and local governments and authorities.

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Blockchain and Digital Assets 
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Educational Institutions K-12
EMS and Fire Protection Providers
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Financial Institutions and Capital Markets
Food and Beverage
Health Care
Industrial and Consumer Manufacturing
Medical and Life Sciences
Municipalities and Local Agencies
Nanotechnology
Photonics
Racing and Gaming
Real Estate Developers
Science and Technology
Telecommunications and Media
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
USA Collegiate Sports
Veterinary Medicine

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Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law
Product Liability and Comprehensive General Liability
Public Finance and Economic Development
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Residential Real Estate
Tax Law
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Wills, Trusts and Estates

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Offices throughout New York:

Albany
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Albany, NY 12207
518-427-9700

Buffalo
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Buffalo, NY 14210
716-200-5050

Ithaca
119 East Seneca Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-273-6444

Long Island
333 Earle Ovington Boulevard
Uniondale, NY 11553
516-880-8484

New York City
100 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
212-687-0100

Rochester
99 Garnsey Road
Pittsford, NY 14534
585-419-8800

Saratoga Springs
513 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-587-0551

Syracuse
333 West Washington Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-423-7100

White Plains
445 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
914-683-1200

Offices also in:

New Haven, CT
195 Church Street
New Haven, CT 06510
203-784-3159

Newark, NJ
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973-848-1244

Washington, DC
800-685-1429

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