Public Finance Counsel — Baltimore

We are seeking a Public Finance Counsel to join a nationally recognized public finance practice that guides clients through the full spectrum of tax-exempt and taxable financings. The team serves non-profit, higher education, for-profit, energy infrastructure, healthcare, and similar clients across the healthcare, energy, higher education, waste-to-energy, recycling, governmental, and industrial sectors.

The Counsel will take a leading role on transactions, handling matters from structuring through closing with a high degree of independence. This includes 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 role involves serving as a primary point of contact for clients, issuers, underwriters, lenders, and other working group members. The Counsel will also supervise and mentor associates and paralegals, collaborate with partners to develop client relationships, and support the practice's business development efforts.

• Experience in public finance transactions, including tax-exempt and taxable financings
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills for financing and offering documents
• Ability to lead transactions independently from structuring through closing
• Familiarity with federal tax issues relevant to public finance
• Experience supervising and mentoring junior lawyers and paralegals
• Excellent client-facing and business development skills