As the chair of Thompson Coburn’s Tax Credits practice, I have over 15 years of experience representing lenders, community development entities and investors in connection with a broad range of real estate, commercial finance and specialty lending projects, the majority of which involve one or more state and federal tax credits, including new markets, historic rehabilitation, and low income housing tax credits. My work includes routinely representing transaction parties in connection with economic and community development projects that utilize one or more state and federal tax credits and other incentives like real property tax abatement to finance the construction and/or rehabilitation of real property. From start to finish, I manage these sophisticated projects, which require a significant amount of time and specialized legal experience, as well as close collaboration among real estate developers, lenders, investors and governmental bodies.In my commercial finance practice, I work closely with transaction parties to document and close investments used for working capital, recapitalizations, and debt refinancings. I have unique experience representing community development lenders that utilize the new markets tax credit program to make debt investments in operating businesses in low-income communities. These transactions are often made to companies on below-market and subordinate terms, and, as such, I have extensive experience representing subordinate and mezzanine lenders in connection with complex intercreditor issues.I also represent syndicators, and lenders who make warehouse loans to fund syndications of various state and federal tax credits.