JBA International

Corporate Counsel -(Public Finance)

JBA International • $100K — $150K *
Atlanta, GA 30349In-Person
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
Reposted 1 week ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 8 years of experience in corporate bond and public finance, particularly in Georgia economic development.
  • Extensive knowledge of municipal and public finance, including tax-exempt finance and local tax laws.
  • Experience with tax credits and incentives work, both inside and outside Georgia.
  • Skills in managing transactions independently, with a focus on documentation and large transaction components.
  • Preferred law firm experience, though a mix of law firm and in-house experience is acceptable.
  • Must be admitted to the GA Bar or have the capability to waive-in.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with senior attorneys on complex corporate finance cases.
  • Engage in projects focused on economic and community development.
  • Represent a diverse range of clients including public sector entities and private developers.
  • Structure and layer capital stacks in deal negotiations.
  • Manage financing for new business locations, expansions, and public-private partnerships.
  • Work on financial products such as industrial development revenue bonds and project finance.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional growth and collaboration with senior attorneys.
  • Engagement in groundbreaking and challenging cases.
  • Diverse client base providing an enriching experience in public and private sectors.
  • Involvement in significant community development projects.
Full Job Description
THE DAY-TO-DAY:

As an associate in the Corporate Department, you'll have the opportunity to work on interesting, challenging, and groundbreaking cases in collaboration with senior attorneys.
  • Our Corporate Bond team focuses on finance and incentives transactions.
  • The client base is predominately public sector, including local and development authorities with an occasional representation of a city or county.
  • Our practice base also includes real estate developers, operating companies(particularly with transactional work), and private lenders and borrowers.
  • Our engagements concentrate in economic development or community development, new business locations or expansions (including financing for facilities), infrastructure, public-private partnerships, and layering capital stacks and deal structuring.
  • Our finance work includes industrial development revenue bonds (IDBs) with some limited IDB bond issues tax-exempt.
  • Other key financial products include project finance, syndicated bank loans, EB-5 immigrant investor capital, and tax credit finance (including New Markets Tax Credits).

YOU HAVE:

  • At least 8 years of experience in corporate bond and public finance and/or Georgia specific economic development to join its Commercial Finance Team.
  • In-depth experience in most or all of the following areas: municipal and public finance, familiarity with state and local tax law, tax-exempt finance, tax credits & incentives work (both in and outside Georgia),commercial finance, EB-5 (financing, and securities and other regulatory issues), and tax credit finance. Experience in representing issuers, underwriters, nonprofit borrowers and developers is preferred.
  • Additional corporate, finance, real estate or related experience outside the bond industry is a plus.
  • The ability to manage transactions and be capable of independent responsibility for major documentation and components of large transactions.
  • Law firm experience preferred, but a combination of law firm or in-house experience considered.
  • Admission to the GA Bar or the ability to waive-in.

About JBA International

JBA is over 35 year old company leading the way for the future of work, GenAI and digital transformation. Started by two Software Engineers, we have serviced many industries with consulting, workforce, and innovation projects-- Insurance, Banking, Legal, Defense, Entertainment, Tele-Comm and more. We look at every opportunity as a project whether facilitating connections between talent and companies or working with business owners and executives in how to build automation, improve operations, and build out successful teams. We hope you can use our page as a resource for current opportunities we have, as well as reaching out with your thoughts on the industry.
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