Mr. Kostas Andreas Poulakidas

Experience: Project Finance: Negotiated and structured $62 million in economic development tax and financing for a $240 million biodiesel facility.; Served as counsel to a municipality in connection with $834 million in economic development incentives to a major U.S. automotive manufacturer.; Developed strategy and negotiated $57.5 million economic development agreement for a $490 million alternative energy facility.; Advised a multinational civil and defense aerospace manufacturer in negotiating $23 million in economic development incentives.; Structured real estate private equity funds for retail, commercial, and hotel acquisition and development.; Structured 100% financing as bank counsel for a hotel project.; Advised an investment fund and real estate developers to structure Qualified Opportunity Zone projects for hotel acquisition and construction financing.; Advised a municipality on strategy for attracting manufacturing company to relocate its headquarters using various economic development and project financing options.; Advised a manufacturer in negotiating an economic development incentive package, including personal property abatement, $1.5 million in economic development tax increment bonds, and $13 million of tax-exempt bonds.; Represented a pharmaceutical manufacturer in negotiating $1.2 million in local and state economic development incentives, $8 million in tax increment financing support, and $45 million in tax-exempt project financing.; Represented a manufacturing company in negotiating brownfield redevelopment and property acquisition using tax increment financing and economic development incentives.; Public Finance: Served as bond counsel for $400 million in air quality development revenue funding bonds for a publicly traded energy company.; Served as bond counsel for $67 million in state finance authority environmental refunding bonds.; Served as bond counsel for tax increment financing of a wide range of economic development projects.; Served as bond counsel on taxable and tax-exempt bond structure for retail.; Served as underwriter's counsel for $85 million in capital facilities lease appropriation bonds.; Served as underwriter's counsel for $95 million in school building corporation refunding bonds.; Served as bond counsel on numerous municipal general obligation, revenue, public improvement, infrastructure, utility, storm water, and refunding bonds.; The above representations were handled by Mr. Poulakidas prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.; Government Experience: Chief of Staff & Senior Advisor, Office of the FAA Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 2023-2024; Deputy Corporate Counsel and Section Chief, City of Indianapolis, 2005; Deputy Commissioner, Indiana Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF), 2003-2005; Deputy Attorney General, Appellate and Government Litigation Divisions, Office of the Indiana Attorney General, 1999-2001; Executive Director, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, 1996; Special Assistant to the Governor (Gov. Evan Bayh), Office of the Governor of Indiana, 1995-1996