Brian T. Hirai
Of Counsel
Brian T. Hirai joined the firm in 1996 as a member of its business/real estate department. His practice is concentrated primarily in public finance. He has over 40 years of experience as a public finance attorney, serving variously as bond counsel, issuer’s counsel, underwriter’s counsel, borrower’s counsel, trustee’s counsel and credit enhancer’s counsel in a broad range of taxable and tax-exempt bond issues for state and local governmental units, including government infrastructure financings and conduit financings for non-governmental health care, educational, housing, industrial and commercial facilities.
Brian’s public finance experience includes a wide variety of financing structures; private and governmental insurance, letters of credit, and other forms of credit or liquidity support; capital lease transactions, including certificates of participation; various forms of pooled and composite offerings of securities; and innovative workouts of troubled financings.
Brian also has substantial experience representing business entities and nonprofit organizations in a variety of business, corporate, health care and regulatory matters.
Prior to joining McCorriston, Brian practiced for 18 years (1977-1995) with the law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP (now Ballard Spahr LLP), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was a member of the firm’s public finance department and interdisciplinary health care practice group.
Brian has been recognized by the prestigious Best Lawyers in America every year since 2007 for his work in Public Finance Law.
Bar Admissions
- Hawaii, 1996
- Pennsylvania, 1977-2019
Education
- J.D. (1977) University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude
- B.A. (1974) Drake University, with Honors, Phi Beta Kappa
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Hawaii State Bar Association, Business Law Section, Member
- Hawaii State Bar Association, Real Property and Financial Services Section, Member
- American Bar Association, Health Law Section, Member
- American Bar Association, State and Local Government Section, Member
- National Association of Bond Lawyers
- American College of Bond Counsel
Public Finance
Real Estate and Real Estate Finance
• Commercial and Construction Lending