News: Ungaretti & Harris Ranked First Among Illinois Healthcare Underwriters Counsel

Chicago, February 7, 2006 — In an Illinois Healthcare Market Overview, the Securities Data Corporation reported that Ungaretti & Harris LLP was the number one Healthcare Underwriters Counsel from January 1, 2002 to November 3, 2005.  The par amount of transactions in which the firm served in this role was $1,329 million, nearly $150 million more than the next firm.  Ungaretti & Harris accounted for 30.3 percent of the market share.

Thomas M. Fahey, Managing Partner and head of the Public Finance Department stated, “We are honored to be a leader in the Illinois healthcare and healthcare finance market.”  Ungaretti & Harris undertakes the most complex healthcare finance transactions in transactions involving acute-care hospitals and senior care providers.