Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP
Lingyue Zhao currently serves as an Arbitrage Rebate Analyst at Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP, where responsibilities include performing arbitrage rebate analysis for tax-exempt bonds and preparing related governmental tax forms. Previously, Lingyue held the position of Investment Analyst for the Student Managed Fund at The University of Connecticut Foundation, managing a $1 million endowment and conducting fundamental analysis for S&P 500 investments. Additional experience includes volunteer work with Battle of the Quants, a risk control internship at China Investment Consulting Co., and a financial operations analyst role at Agricultural Bank of China. Lingyue holds a Master of Science in Financial Risk Management from the University of Connecticut and dual bachelor's degrees in Finance and Applied Psychology.
Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP
Hawkins is a nationally recognized leader in public finance. Founded in 1854, the firm now has 90 lawyers in ten offices across the country. Hawkins offers government agencies, non-profit organizations and financial institutions exceptional legal service and sophisticated counsel in finance and infrastructure transactions. State and local governments regularly turn to Hawkins on the strength of our specialty practice and record of innovation and accomplishment, to structure new financing programs, resolve complex tax and securities disclosure questions, and advise on infrastructure procurement, project finance and public private partnership matters. Hawkins is perennially rated among the very top bond counsel and underwriters’ counsel nationally and the firm has closed over $1 trillion in public finance transactions.