T. Parker Schenken

Member

Denver, Colorado Albuquerque, New Mexico

Phone: 303.299.8284

Fax:

[email protected]

Education

  • J.D., University of Nebraska College of Law (1994)
    • With Distinction
  • B.S., Loyola Marymount University (1990)
    • Civil Engineering

Parker Schenken practices principally in the areas of municipal law and public finance.

Parker also advises clients in the context of commercial lending, corporate law, and real estate. He serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, disclosure counsel and bank/bond purchaser’s counsel in connection with various municipal bond issues, including traditional tax-exempt financings, private activity bonds, and other taxable and tax-advantaged financings. He also represents institutional lenders and borrowers in connection with the structuring and documentation of secured lending transactions.

He is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers. Before beginning his law career, he worked as a civil engineer with an Omaha-based architecture and engineering firm.

Experience

  • Serving as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel on city, county, school district, development district and other governmental financings in Colorado, Nebraska and New Mexico.
  • Serving as principal outside counsel to a large agribusiness banking cooperative in connection with utility system financings nationwide.
  • Serving as bond counsel on tax-exempt multifamily housing revenue bonds in Colorado and New Mexico.
  • Serving as developer’s counsel for multifamily housing revenue bond/LIHTC financings in New Mexico.
  • Serving as general counsel and disclosure counsel to development districts seeking financing through the public bond markets.
  • Representing institutional lenders and borrowers in connection with the structuring and documentation of taxable secured lending transactions (including project financings and secured working capital financings).

Publications & Presentations

PUBLICATIONS

PRESENTATIONS

  • The Role of Issuer’s Counsel in a Bond Transaction
    The Workshop 2023 | National Association of Bond Lawyers | October 20, 2023
  • Practical Due Diligence/Drafting the Disclosure Document
    The Essentials 2023 | National Association of Bond Lawyers | April 20, 2023
  • The Role of Issuer’s Counsel
    The Essentials 2023 | National Association of Bond Lawyers | April 20, 2023
  • The Role of Underwriter’s Counsel
    The Essentials 2023 | National Association of Bond Lawyers | April 20, 2023
  • The Essentials: Hybrid 2022
    National Association of Bond Lawyers | April 21, 2022

Professional Activities

  • National Association of Bond Lawyers
  • Colorado Bar Association
  • Nebraska Bar Association
  • Iowa Bar Association
  • Denver Language School Board of Directors (2017 – 2022)
  • Board of Directors, Lutheran Family Services Foundation (Nebraska)
  • FBI Citizens Academy – Omaha Chapter
  • Leadership Omaha

Highlights

  • Best Lawyers in America, Denver
    • Corporate Law (2007 – 2024)
    • Project Finance Law (2010 – 2024)
    • Real Estate Law (2013 – 2024)
  • Band 3, Corporate/Commercial, New Mexico, Chambers USA (2022 – 2023)