Monika Calamita

Experienced finance attorney serving in numerous roles

Monika Calamita focuses on all stages of public finance and real estate finance. In the public finance space, she advises on new money and refunding financings, multistate and multicampus financings, direct loan financing, publicly and privately offered financings, government financings and lease transaction financings. These representations include financings in the charter school, 501(c)3, housing and health care sectors.

In the real estate finance industry, Monika has been involved in both traditional and non-traditional financings as lender’s counsel and borrower’s counsel. She serves as bond, borrower, lender, underwriter and issuer counsel.

Monika is skilled at leveraging her vast knowledge of public finance and real estate finance to passionately advocate for her clients while maintaining an effective working relationship with all parties on a project. She takes pride in being responsive and collaborative, able to find thoughtful alternative solutions when problems arise.

• Served as borrower’s bond and disclosure counsel on a $200 million publicly offered transaction. 
• Served as bond counsel on numerous privately placed offerings.
• Served as lender’s counsel on a direct loan to a charter school. 
• Served as lender’s counsel in connection with the acquisition of a brewery and related security and IP, licenses, and more. 
• Served as issuer’s counsel on a number of multistate transactions. 
• Served as underwriter’s counsel on numerous publicly offered transactions.