Skye Nickalls is a transactional attorney specializing in municipal finance matters. She represents issuers and underwriters of municipal securities, including counties, cities, townships, school districts, boroughs, municipal authorities, banks, and nonprofit entities as bond counsel, special counsel, borrower’s counsel, and underwriter’s counsel.
Skye has extensive experience with general obligation bonds, tax anticipation notes, revenue obligations, and financings for hospital systems, colleges and universities, charter schools, continuing care retirement communities, and other nonprofit entities. She also represents public and private corporations in internal investigations, corporate governance matters, securities law compliance, public reporting with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other contractual and transactional matters.
Services
Experience
Representative Matters
- Negotiated forbearance agreements with bondholders and served as disclosure counsel for a college during periods of financial difficulties
- Served as a member of bond counsel team to major health care and educational organizations and obligated groups involving 501(c)(3) financings and refinancings, including Temple University Health System, Neumann University, and the student housing nonprofit for West Chester University
- Regular bond counsel for a city’s annual tax and revenue anticipation notes
Professional Highlights
Pro Bono Experience
Professional Activities
National Association of Bond Lawyers
Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers
Women in Public Finance – Pennsylvania Chapter
Recognition & Accomplishments
The Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch," – Public Finance Law (Philadelphia), 2022-2025
Board Memberships & Community Service
Philadelphia Diversity Law Group, 2019-2022
Publications
Related Insights
Credentials
Education
Yale Law School (J.D. 2013)
New York University (B.A. 2009)