James R. Eustis Jr. This is Me

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1. 1. Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP

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   James R. Eustis, Jr.

2. 2. James R. Eustis, Jr., Partner

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   James R. Eustis, Jr.
   
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   Mr. Eustis specializes in different aspects of Federal income taxation, with greatest emphasis on financial transactions and products.He took the lead in formulating the tax approach that underlay the issuance, in 2002, of more than $11 billion of bonds by the California Department of Water Resources as part of an effort to normalize the energy markets in the State of California.He was primarily responsible for the bond-related tax issues concerning the issuance by Long Island Power Authority in 1998 of nearly $7 billion of its obligations in connection with LIPA's effective acquisition of electric output facilities from Long Island Lighting Company.Such responsibility included participation in all relevant developmental and planning stages and the filing of a ruling request and multiple supplemental submissions that led to the issuance of favorable IRS tax rulings.
   
   Mr. Eustis was also responsible for the tax issues underpinning the restructuring by the New York Power Authority of, and the eventual defeasance of the NYPA resolution under which had been issued, more than $2 billion of senior bonds.The restructuring was conducted in two phases and involved the issuance by NYPA of more than $1.5 billion of tax-exempt and taxable refunding obligations comprising 6 different issues.Mr. Eustis played a significant role in securing favorable rulings that involved NYPA, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and has represented issuers and underwriters in connection with the issuance of Section 501(c)(3) refunding and new money bonds for The New York and Presbyterian Hospital, Beth Israel Medical Center, and Montefiore Medical Center.
   
   Mr. Eustis has participated in the development of programs involving stripped municipal securities, municipal securitizations in the secondary market and the offering of whole and stripped mortgage loans and discounted and current-pay obligations (or participation interests therein) of corporations controlled by Brazil, Hungary and Guatemala through grantor trusts or regulated investment companies.
   
   Mr. Eustis is the author of a chapter included in The Handbook of Municipal Bonds (S. Heide, R. Klein & J. Lederman ed.1994) and is a frequent contributor to reports relating to tax-exempt finance submitted by the American and New York State Bar Associations.He has also been a speaker or panelist at seminars and workshops sponsored by the American Public Power Association, American Bar Association, the Practicing Law Institute, the Georgetown University Law Center and the National Association of Bond Lawyers with respect to a wide range of topics involving tax-exempt obligations.
   
   Before engaging in private practice, Mr. Eustis was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Venezuela.

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