Public Finance Counsel

McGuireWoods LLP; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

McGuireWoods LLP in Richmond, VA, seeks a Counsel for the Public Finance Practice Group to guide clients through tax-exempt and taxable financings, from structuring through closing. The role involves acting as the primary point of contact for issuers, lenders, underwriters, and other working group members.

The Counsel will supervise and mentor associates and paralegals while collaborating with partners to grow client relationships and support business development efforts.

Qualifications

• Lead matters from structuring through closing.
• Serve as primary contact for clients, issuers, underwriters, lenders.
• Experience supervising and mentoring associates and paralegals.

Responsibilities

• Guide clients through all types of tax-exempt and taxable financings for nonprofit, higher education, healthcare, energy infrastructure, and related clients.
• Review, draft, and analyze financing and offering documents, certificates, and opinions; and analyze complex federal tax issues.
• Supervise and mentor associates and paralegals; work with partners to develop client relationships and support business development.

Job description

Overview

• The Public Finance Practice Group guides clients through all types of tax-exempt and taxable financings for non-profit, higher education, for-profit, energy infrastructure, healthcare, and similar clients.
• The practice assists with every aspect of a financing or refinancing, including reviewing, drafting, and analyzing underlying credit support, tax, construction, and management agreements; drafting and negotiating all financing and offering documents, certificates, and opinions; and analyzing complex federal tax issues.
• The Counsel takes a leading role on transactions, handling matters from structuring through closing with a high degree of independence.
• The Counsel serves as a primary point of contact for clients, issuers, underwriters, lenders, and other working group members.
• The role includes supervising and mentoring associates and paralegals, working with partners to develop client relationships, and supporting the practice's business development efforts.