About Bracewell
Bracewell’ s public finance group is one of the largest public finance practices in the nation, with over 35 lawyers actively practicing throughout Texas and other regions of the country. Because of our size, diversity and depth, our clients receive the benefit of innovations and best practices on every transaction. Our team brings firsthand knowledge of developments around the state and across the country in public and project finance, and we bring this experience home to each client and each matter that we represent.
Members of our public finance practice have experience in all aspects of public and private offerings of debt securities by state and local governments, non-profit and for-profit entities, and other public and quasi-public institutions. In addition to serving as bond counsel for hundreds of issuers, the firm represents underwriters, trustees, third-party credit providers and borrowers in conduit financings. Bracewell also has an active special district and economic development practice.
Our public finance lawyers have a long history of working with various clients, both public and private, to encourage economic development through the creation of special districts including tax increment reinvestment zones( TIRZ), public improvement districts, municipal management districts, municipal utility districts, TIRZ, state enterprise zones / projects, neighborhood empowerment zones, economic development agreements and the financing tools relating to all of these efforts. Through this practice area, we have created innovative public private partnerships( P3) between local governments and the private sector to facilitate the development or redevelopment of single and multifamily housing, convention centers, water infrastructure, and mixed-use and transit-oriented developments. Bracewell lawyers work closely with clients to analyze each stage of a project as it develops and ensure the right solution is selected to produce a successful outcome.
Bracewell attorneys have a deep breadth of experience advising clients in connection with a variety of transactions, including issuances relating to:
• states and state agencies
• counties and cities
• public private partnerships
• transportation projects, including toll roads and public transit
• school districts
• special districts
• airports
• seaports
• affordable housing
• senior living facilities
2024 National Rankings in Public Finance by LSEG
• utilities
# 12
Bond Counsel
# 8
Disclosure Counsel
# 7
Underwriter’ s Counsel
# 3
Special Tax Counsel
• solid waste / carbon capture
• public and private universities
• health care systems
• non-profit organizations bracewell. com