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Public Finance & Economic Development

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We help bring to life the projects that are transforming communities and economies.

Public finance and economic development have become a central part of building infrastructure across the United States. Our guidance helps bridge the gap between infrastructure, community resources, and private sector needs, bringing to life projects that are transforming communities and economies.

HOW WE HELP

Our Public Finance & Economic Development team is at the forefront of structuring creative public finance and incentive packages and understands what it takes to get the deal done. With our experience in virtually all areas of local authority and government law, municipal bond financings, conduit financings, and credit and tax incentive packages, our clients gain an integrated, comprehensive service solution spanning a range of infrastructure asset classes.

Our team has decades of experience and has collectively been involved in billions in governmental debt issues for some of the country’s most high-profile projects. Our attorneys are listed in The Bond Buyer’s Municipal Marketplace (the "Red Book"), created the bond for title model in Georgia, and have been instrumental in the creation and certification of tax allocation districts (TADs, or in other states, TIF districts) from start to finish. This depth of experience gives clients confidence that there are very few financing models or situations we have not encountered.

We serve as borrower’s counsel, authority counsel (issuer’s counsel), bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, trustee’s counsel, special tax counsel, disclosure counsel, and bank counsel. We also devote a significant portion of our practice to tax-exempt financing work, including tax-exempt financing transactions for 501(c)(3) educational and cultural institutions, healthcare organizations, 501(c)(3) and for-profit developers of multifamily housing, 501(c)(3) community-based organizations, and industrial development. Our attorneys have a broad knowledge of both state laws relating to bonds and—in the case of tax-exempt bonds—the highly complex and nuanced federal tax provisions applicable to bonds.

THE SEYFARTH EXPERIENCE

Clients working with our Public Finance & Economic Development team have come to expect a unique combination of deep legal expertise and a true partnering relationship. Our goal is to provide more than just routine legal advice—we deliver a one-stop shop for creating structures that are feasible, reasonable and legal, without the engagement of outside accountants or consultants.

Our deep experience means that we deliver streamlined processes and predictable costs, while still navigating challenges and developing out-of-the-box approaches to closing a deal. Our aim is to deliver excellence and predictability in each transaction.