Anastasia G. Khokhryakova is an experienced public finance attorney with a practice focus on public and project finance, serving as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, or issuer's counsel to the State of Colorado, state authorities, higher education and health care institutions, counties and municipalities, special districts, and other governmental issuers. She co-leads the firm's Special Districts team.
Anastasia has represented a number of investment banking institutions nationally in their underwriting and advisory activities, as well as commercial banks in direct purchase transactions and credit enhancements. She also serves as general counsel to the Colorado Health Facilities Authority, advising it on financing transactions and federal and state law issues.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Serves as disclosure counsel to the City and County of Denver, by and on behalf of its Department of Aviation, in connection with the issuance of debt to finance or refinance facilities of the Denver International Airport
- Serves as post issuance disclosure compliance counsel to the City and County of Denver in connection with the City's compliance with all of its disclosure undertakings entered into pursuant to the SEC Rule 15c2-12
- Co-led Ballard Spahr team as counsel to Goldman Sachs & Co. on the U.S. 36 and I-25 Managed Lanes Project
Professional Highlights
Professional Activities
American Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association
Denver Bar Association
Recognition & Accomplishments
The Best Lawyers in America, Public Finance Law, 2021-2025
Chambers USA, Public Finance (Colorado), 2024
Credentials
Education
University of Colorado Law School (J.D. 1998)
Associate Editor, Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy; Author, "Comment: Beanal v. Freeport-McMoran, Inc.: Liability of a Private Actor for an International Environmental Tort Under the Alien Tort Claims Act," Colo. J.lnt'l EnvtL L. & Policy, Vol. 9, No.2
Moscow State Law Academy (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994)
Admissions
Colorado
Russia