Tax-Exempt Lending

Working from coast-to-coast offices, McGuireWoods’ tax-exempt lending practice maintains a robust national presence, distinguishing us from localized public finance practices. Our bond attorneys are full-time public finance tax lawyers with significant experience in federal tax and securities laws and state-specific public finance statutes. These skills spark creative sophisticated solutions to complex financing challenges and have earned national recognition in tax-exempt finance.

McGuireWoods’ attorneys have facilitated a wide range of tax-exempt loans and lending facilities. They bring public, nonprofit and qualified private projects to fruition and secure tax-advantageous terms that comply with an intersecting regime of regulations, rules and requirements.

Our team’s experience in public finance goes beyond bond counsel representation, as we also serve as underwriter’s counsel, bank counsel, issuer’s counsel, borrower’s counsel and trustee’s counsel in different financings. That perspective enables us to bring a full understanding of the interests of all parties in a transaction to each deal. Armed with this knowledge, McGuireWoods offers practical, client-focused advice that balances risk management with the most advantageous strategies.

McGuireWoods guides financial institutions, nonprofit borrowers, governmental entities and conduit issuers engaged in tax-exempt lending transactions. We help them structure and document direct loans, private placements and credit facilities that preserve the tax-exempt status of interest income while ensuring full regulatory compliance and financial efficiency.