CHICAGO – Oct. 25, 2016 – Lorraine M. Tyson, a shareholder in the Corporate & Securities Practice at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) for a one-year term ending in 2017. Tyson also served on the 12-member NABL Board of Directors from 2015-2016.
Tyson focuses her practice on corporate finance, privatization, and public finance transactions. She has acted as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, remarketing agent counsel, issuer's counsel or letter of credit counsel in connection with financings by the City of Chicago, the State of Illinois, the Regional Transportation Authority, the Illinois Finance Authority, the Illinois Housing Development Authority, Cook County, Illinois, and the Board of Education of the City of Chicago. Tyson has advised clients on various types of tax-exempt and taxable bonds, including general obligation bonds, alternate revenue bonds, limited tax bonds, debt certificates, revenue bonds, Build America bonds, qualified 501(c)(3) bonds, student housing bonds, recovery zone facility bonds, recovery zone economic development bonds, variable rate bonds, and current and advance refunding bonds.
NABL, which represents approximately 3,000 of the nation’s leading public finance attorneys, was founded in 1979 to promote the integrity of the municipal market by advancing the understanding of and compliance with the law affecting public finance. For more information on NABL, please visit their website.
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