Bruce Giles-Klein has broad experience in all areas of municipal finance, including transportation, industrial development, resource recovery, airport, electric power, single family housing, multi-family housing, water and sewer, sports facility, university, health care and traditional municipal finance, as well as, the municipal finance aspects of tax-exempt money market funds, credit enhancement and synthetic securities. Areas of Concentration · Public finance · Transportation · Local government law · Community redevelopment and tax increment finance · 501(c)(3) organizations Significant Representations · Member of Greenberg Traurig team that represented MAT Concessionaire, LLC and its sponsors, Meridiam Infrastructure Fund and Bouygues Travaux Publics, S.A., in the Port of Miami Tunnel project, one of the first greenfield public-private partnerships in the United States. · All areas of municipal finance including transportation, redevelopment, single and multifamily housing, resource recovery, industrial development, ports, electric power, tax increment, water and sewer, sports facility, university, health care and traditional municipal finance. · Participated in hundreds of municipal financings as bond counsel, underwriters' or disclosure counsel, borrower's counsel, lender's counsel, credit enhancer's or liquidity provider's counsel and trustee's counsel in many states and localities. · Has wide-ranging experience working with derivative products and hedge devices, and in particular interest rate "swap" transactions. · Has broad experience with transportation issues at the local, state and federal level, and particularly with issues related to the financing of transportation infrastructure. · Served as bond counsel to Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority (MDX) from 1996 through 2010. Served as general counsel to MDX from 1996 through 2007. · Since 1988, has served as bond counsel to the Florida Turnpike Revenue Bond program of the Florida Division of Bond Finance ("DBF"). · Serves as bond counsel to DBF on financings for transportation right-of-way acquisition and bridge construction (aggregating $2.4 billion to date). · Acted as co-general counsel to the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority and acted as co-general counsel to its predecessor, the Tri-County Commuter Rail Authority (a/k/a Tri-Rail). · Acts as one of the primary bond counsel for Miami-Dade County, traditionally one of the largest municipal bond issuers in Florida; in this capacity has handled numerous financings for the Miami-Dade Aviation Department. · Serves as bond counsel for the Cities of Ormond Beach, Margate, Sunny Isles Beach and Hollywood. · Serves as bond counsel on tax increment financings by the City of Hollywood, Florida Community Redevelopment Agency and the City of Ormond Beach, Florida Redevelopment Agency. · Has broad experience on tax exempt financings to develop facilities for 501(c)(3) arts, educational, cultural, community and health care organizations. · Acts as bond counsel on each appropriation-backed financing undertaken by DBF for the State of Florida Department of Management Services' facilities pool revenue bond program since the inception of the program in 1986. · Has served as bond counsel to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation and its predecessor, Florida Housing Finance Agency, on more than 70 bond issues since 1992. · Serves as bond counsel to Orange County Housing Finance Authority (Orange County, Florida). Professional & Community Involvement · Member, American Bar Association · National Association of Bond Lawyers · International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association · Transportation and Expressway Authority Membership of Florida (TEAMFL) · The Florida Bar, Local Government Law Section Awards & Recognition · Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2006-2012 · Ranked AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 |