At Mitchell Williams, we believe in working hard and finding creative solutions to help our clients achieve their goals in a complicated business environment. Our Municipal and Public Finance team of lawyers have extensive experience in municipal and public finance transactions in Arkansas having worked on some of the largest projects in the state.
We advise Arkansas municipalities, universities, state agencies, issuers, underwriters, investors, financial advisers and trustees on taxable and tax-exempt public and private finance transactions and complex structured debt financing. We also provide tax analysis regarding the tax-exempt aspects of municipal bonds. We assist state agencies, municipalities, counties, facility boards and commissions in Arkansas with public financing of capital improvement and economic development projects. Because of our breadth of service, we also work with state and local issuers in matters of eminent domain, foreclosures, workouts and environmental and hazardous waste, drawing on the expertise and resources of our full-service corporate law firm.
We serve as bond counsel, underwriters counsel, issuers counsel, borrowers counsel, special tax counsel and disclosure counsel for all types of public financing projects throughout Arkansas. Our experience includes:
- Industrial or economic development revenue bonds (PILOT projects, tax abatement and Act 9 Bonds) including a $3 billion, a $1.5 billion and an $800 million steel industry expansion projects
- Public financing of capital improvement projects for school districts, state agencies, municipalities, and counties.
- Higher education bonds for athletic facilities, including a $115 million stadium project, residence halls, educational facilities and health care facilities
- Water and sewer revenue bonds for projects ranging from $1 million to $10 million
- School district bonds including a project for $108 million refunding and construction bonds to finance new school facilities
- Broadband project financings
- Solar project financings
- Taxable and tax-exempt public and private finance transactions
- Complex structured debt financing
- Tax-Exempt 501(c)(3) conduit bond transactions including public charter schools and health care facilities
- Tax-Exempt and taxable public finance transactions including public-private partnerships
- Tax-Exempt private activity bonds including exempt facilities
- Municipal and school lease financing, including energy conversation projects
- Franchise fee revenue bonds
- Private placement bond offerings
- Sales and use tax bonds
- Letters of credit
- Trustee representation
- Underwriter representation
Contact the Mitchell Williams Municipal & Public Finance team of lawyers in Little Rock, Rogers and Jonesboro. In Little Rock and Jonesboro, contact Attorney Michele Allgood at 501-688-8874. In Little Rock, contact Attorney John Bryant at 501-688-8823 or Attorney Ashley Edwards at 501-688-8878. In Rogers, contact Attorney Jill Grimsley at 479-464-5655 or Attorney Craig Cockrell at 479-464-5683.