Devin represents issuer, underwriter and private sponsor clients in transportation, water, wastewater, public power, pollution control and other large infrastructure financings. Such transactions have involved both long- and short-term, fixed and variable rate obligations, public-private partnerships (P3s), commercial paper, swaps, credit and liquidity enhancement, and revenue bonds for transportation and utility issuers, as well as a number of sizable special purpose financings. Devin has also represented multiple clients in connection with chapter 9 bankruptcies, restructurings and other workouts. Devin is a partner in Orrick’s San Francisco office and chairs the Firm’s Transportation Finance Group. Devin has served on the Hiring and Summer Program Committees in the San Francisco office, and helps organize the firm’s annual summer surf trip to Capitola Beach. Devin is a past Chair of the Bond Buyer’s California Public Finance Conference, and is currently a member of the Strategy Council for OneJustice, an organization dedicated to transforming the delivery of legal services to Californians in need.
Euriah Bennett is a Vice President of Municipal Finance for Fidelity Capital Markets, the institutional trading arm of Fidelity Investments that provides trading products and services to a wide array of clients and Fidelity businesses. Fidelity Investments is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing, and other financial products and services to institutions, financial intermediaries, and individuals.
Every year the Municipal Finance team is involved with hundreds of separate tax-exempt bonds and note transactions totaling billions of dollars. The team seeks to provide market access to our retail investors and deliver market demand to municipal issuers for public financing initiatives.
Mr. Bennett joined Fidelity in 2014 to expand the coverage of municipal issuers in Texas, the Southeast and Midwest. His responsibilities have grown significantly, and he now helps lead the coverage and support of municipal issuers across a broader geographic footprint, including California and other western states. Additionally, he provides guidance on Fidelity Capital Markets’ initiatives to expand investor opportunities in primary market municipal bond offerings.
Mr. Bennett has over 25 years of public finance experience, having served public entities across the country as both an investment banker and commercial banker. He has expertise with senior managed, co-managed and privately placed transactions spanning every sector of the public finance market, including general infrastructure, healthcare, housing, transportation and higher education. In addition, he also has executed derivatives transactions as part of comprehensive financing strategies.
Mr. Bennett has a B.A. in economics from Stanford University and an MBA with a concentration in finance from Columbia Business School. He currently holds FINRA series 7, 52, 53, and 63 licenses.
Randall Bauer joined PFM’s Management and Budget Consulting Group in 2005, where he leads the tax policy and state government practices. His clients have included over half of all U.S. states as well as major local governments, such as the cities of Chicago, Fort Worth, Memphis and St. Louis. Randy specializes in tax policy, economic development incentives, financial and strategic planning, and organizational assessment. Prior to joining PFM, he served for seven years as budget director for the State of Iowa. During his tenure, Iowa created a results-focused budget process, implemented a performance reporting system and, to improve performance and create budget savings, restructured several major state agencies. Before his work as state budget director, he served for over 10 years as a senior adviser for the Iowa Senate with primary responsibilities on budget, tax, and economic development issues. Randy was a Fannie Mae Foundation Fellow at Harvard University’s program for senior executives in state and local government. He served as president of the Iowa Society of Certified Public Managers, as finance chair and vice president for the U.S. Chess Federation and on the executive board of the National Association of State Budget Officers, where he has been voted life member status.
