Public Finance Associate

Job Overview

A law firm seeks a Mid-level Associate to join its Public Finance Practice Group in Chicago. The role involves guiding clients through tax-exempt and taxable financings across various sectors, including healthcare, energy, and higher education. The associate will engage in drafting, negotiating, and analyzing financing documents and complex federal tax issues.

Duties

• Guide clients through tax-exempt and taxable financings.
• Draft and negotiate financing and offering documents.
• Analyze underlying credit support, tax, and management agreements.
• Review and analyze complex federal tax issues.

Requirements

• 2-4 years of experience in debt finance, public finance, or project finance.
• Experience with real estate, secured lending, and tax-exempt finance transactions.
• Strong interpersonal skills for client and team interactions.
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills.
• Illinois bar admission required.

Education

• Strong academic record required.

Certifications

• Illinois bar admission.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to interact with client, business, and legal teams.

Benefits

• Hybrid work environment.

This international law firm has 20 offices with over 900 attorneys on its team. Its service areas include financial services litigation, technology and outsourcing, healthcare law, government, criminal and regulatory investigations, real estate and land use, environmental, energy law, insolvency and restructuring, product liability and mass torts, corporate, private wealth services, employee benefits, banking and finance, patents, labor and employment, intellectual property, class action and antitrust and trade regulation.