Michael G. Melzer

Representative Experience

• Bond counsel for more than $15.7 billion general obligation bonds; $9.5 billion airport revenue bonds; $5.6 billion convention, hotel and sports facility revenue bonds; $2.6 billion electric system revenue bonds; $1.8 billion health care and senior living revenue bonds; $1.3 billion of Liberty Bonds; $1.3 billion passenger rail bonds and notes; $1.3 billion clean and drinking water state revolving fund bonds; $675 million higher education revenue bonds and certificates of participation; $600 million park district and harbor bonds; $400 million wastewater revenue bonds; and $4.5 billion of tax-exempt commercial paper.
• Underwriter's or disclosure counsel for more than $8.2 billion electric system revenue bonds; $7.5 billion airport revenue bonds; $5.3 billion general obligation bonds; $3.3 billion health care and senior living revenue bonds; $1.8 billion higher education revenue bonds; $1.1 billion of PILOT Revenue Bonds; $1.1 billion wastewater revenue bonds; $600 million municipal lease revenue bonds, including 63-20 bonds; and $375 million multifamily housing bonds.
• Borrower's or special counsel for more than $4.8 billion tax anticipation and general obligation bonds and notes; $2.6 billion higher education revenue bonds; $1.2 billion multifamily housing bonds; $600 million health care and senior living revenue bonds; $400 million pollution control bonds; and $185 million fixed-base operator revenue bonds.
• Placement agent or purchaser's counsel for more than $10.1 billion passenger rail revenue bonds; $295 million state general obligation bonds; $275 million wastewater revenue bonds; $255 million of dock and wharf revenue bonds; $160 million multifamily housing revenue bonds; and $40 million surface water revenue bonds.
• Counsel involving energy-as-a-service and public-private partnerships for airport passenger terminal facilities; consolidated rental car facilities; water and sewer utility systems; higher education facilities; healthcare facilities, public infrastructure and parking systems and garages.
• Tax counsel for IRS ruling requests including private use of tax-advantaged financed hotel and sporting facilities; IRS audit defense; and the organization of, and exemption application for, nonprofit entities.
• Regulatory counsel to seven national underwriting firms and dozens of issuers and obligated persons in connection with the SEC's MCDC initiative; counsel to underwriting firms and municipal advisors in SEC and MSRB enforcement actions including pay-to-play and Rule 15c2-12 enforcement actions.
• Counsel in workouts involving Florida, Illinois, Indiana and Washington conduit revenue bonds; Indiana, New York and Tennessee low-income and tax credit housing facilities; special service area bonds; and road district debt certificates.
• Counsel to municipal corporations navigating disclosure, contractual implications and legislative remedies for non-appropriation events.
• Counsel for state Medicaid and other vendor payment programs.