Chris Dodd Email & Phone Number

Remote

• Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated a wide variety of solar energy related contracts, including nondisclosure agreements, power purchase agreements (PPAs), operation & maintenance contracts (O&M), engineering.
• Successfully negotiated and documented a new credit facility for future and pipeline solar projects [GREENSKIES RENEWABLE ENERGY LLC]
• Secured sales and property tax exemptions for the installation of a new flight simulator in Kansas [FlightSafety International]
• Catalogued vendor contracts for compliance with standard terms and conditions [KLDiscovery]
• Work on various other contract assignments including eDiscovery [Consilo]

Remote And Scottsdale, Arizona

• Developed and managed active public finance case load representing state and local governments, direct lenders, investment banks and tax credit investors
• Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated a wide variety of finance contracts, including letters of intent, term sheets, loan agreements, trust indentures, continuing covenant agreements and financing leases
• Underwriter’s counsel to national and regional investment banks on the public offerings of tax-exempt and taxable municipal securities in the capital markets; drafted and reviewed official statements for public offerings
• Bank counsel to national and regional banks on the direct purchase of municipal and tax incentivized debt obligations; advised banks on other matters, including the structuring of new bank products
• Served as outside counsel to a clean energy financing company to finance and construct renewable energy projects throughout the United States with debt, equity and tax credits
• Stripped and securitized QZAB tax credits used to construct certain types of renewable energy projects and sold the tax credits to national insurance companies

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Public finance and tax attorney
• Bond counsel to Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, Arizona hospitals and other state and local governments in Arizona and California
• Underwriter’s counsel to national and regional investment banks on public offerings of tax-exempt and taxable municipal securities in the capital markets
• Bank counsel to a regional bank on the direct purchase of municipal obligations
• Counsel to state and local governments and Arizona school districts on the lease-purchase financing of energy conservation, energy efficiency and solar energy projects
• Worked with energy conservation contractors on the financing and approval of energy efficiency projects for government contracts

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Public finance senior associate
• Served as bond counsel to the State of Arizona, the Arizona Department of Transportation, The University of Arizona, school districts, hospitals and other state and local governments in Arizona
• Worked with the State of Arizona to prepare a substantial number of state properties to lease finance to fund working capital deficits
• Underwriter’s counsel to national and regional investment banks on public offerings of tax-exempt and taxable municipal securities in the capital markets
• Advised 501(c)(3) hospitals in Arizona on tax-exempt bond compliance matters

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Business and real estate associate for a full service firm

1998 Legislative Session

London, United Kingdom

Ll.M., Taxation

M.B.A., Business

J.D., Law

Cum Laude, May 2001

Bachelor Of Arts, Business Administration; Finance