Lawyers / Professionals

 
Arthur E. Anderson II       
Partner
One James Center
901 East Cary Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219-4030
T: 804.775.4366
F: 804.698.2006
aanderson@mcguirewoods.com
 

Mr. Anderson's practice is focused on the areas of public finance and federal, state and local taxation. He has extensive experience as bond counsel with governmental bond issues, including general obligation, revenue and "subject to appropriation" financings for water and sewer projects, public schools and roads, commuter rail and other transportation facilities, and in tax-exempt financings for nonprofit organizations, including private elementary and secondary schools, and health care providers.

He also provides tax support for the firm's public finance group. He has applied his transactional and tax experience in assisting clients with developing innovative financing structures, particularly in the context of pooled bond issues, elder care project financing, and public-private transportation and utility ventures.


Practices & Industries
Honors
  • Named the "Richmond Public Finance Law Lawyer of the Year," Best Lawyers, 2012
  • Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2005-2012
  • Named a Virginia "Super Lawyer," Bonds/Government Finance, 2006-2007, 2010-2011

Classes Taught
  • Seminar, Private Business Use Test, Virginia Department of the Treasury, November 1997
  • Seminar, Legal Investment of Public Funds, Virginia Department of the Treasury, January 1995

Professional Affiliations
  • Secretary, Commonwealth Cash Reserve Fund, Inc., 1994
  • Sacred Heart Center
    • Board Member, 1998-2004
    • President, 2001-2002
    • Treasurer, 1999-2000
  • National Association of Bond Lawyers, 1984
  • Virginia Government Finance Officers Association, 1990
  • Virginia Local Government Attorneys Association, 1985
 

EDUCATION

University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, J.D., 1984

University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, A.B., summa cum laude, 1981

  • Phi Beta Kappa
 
 

ADMITTED

Virginia 1984

 

PLACE OF BIRTH

El Reno, Oklahoma