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Practice Ares | Public Finance Law Group

The Public Finance Law Group PLLC is the preeminent public finance law firm in Oklahoma, engaging solely in the practice of municipal bond law since 1935. If you're involved in any aspect of financing activities for entities or projects that can borrow on a tax-exempt basis, we can help.

Our Areas of Practice

If you're involved in any aspect of financing for public entities or projects, we can help.

Who issues and receives public financing?

  • Governments - states, counties, cities, towns, municipalities
  • Sovereign nations and Native American tribes
  • Governmental agencies
  • Economic development agencies
  • Nonprofits - colleges, universities, hospitals, cultural institutions
  • Schools - primary, secondary, charter, higher education

What industries do we serve?

Economic Development

  • Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
  • Industrial Revenue Bonds (IDBs)
  • Incentive/Rebate Agreements

Education

  • Higher Education (college and university)
  • Public Primary and Secondary Schools
  • Technology Center Districts
  • Charter Schools
  • Private Institutions
  • 501(c)3 organizations

Healthcare

  • Assisted Living/Nursing Facilities
  • Continuing Care Retirement Communities
  • Governmental Hospitals
  • Healthcare 501(c)3 organizations
  • Hospitals and Provider Care Networks

Housing

  • Single Family
  • Multifamily

Public Facilities

  • Cultural Facilities
  • Emergency Services (Fire/Police/EMS)
  • Governmental Buildings
  • Parks and Recreation Facilities
  • Post-Issuance Compliance

Transportation

  • Airports
  • County Bridges and Roads
  • Highways and Toll Roads
  • Mass/Public Transit
  • Parking Facilities

Utilities

  • Public Power
  • Renewable Energy
  • Reclamation and Reuse
  • Transmission
  • Water Treatment
  • Wastewater Treatment

What kind of counsel do we provide?

Bank/Purchaser’s Counsel

  • Financial Institutions
  • Investment Firms
  • Insurance Companies

Bond Counsel

  • General Obligation Bonds (GO)
  • Revenue Bonds
  • Private Placements
  • Rural Development Loans
  • Conduit Financings
  • Certificates of Participation
  • Community Facilities
  • Tax Increment Financings (TIF)

Borrower’s Counsel

  • Governmental Entities
  • 501(c)3 organizations
  • Project Developers
  • Tax Credit Investors/Syndicators

Public/Private Partnerships

Tax

  • Tax-exempt transactions
  • Taxable transactions
  • Tax credit transactions
  • Post-Issuance Compliance

Trustee’s Counsel

Underwriter’s Counsel