Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., expanded its public finance practice with the addition of Christie Lombard Martin, who will be a member in the firm's Boston office.
Martin, who was previously a partner at Locke Lord (formerly Edwards Wildman), is a veteran legal practitioner with experience advising public and non-profit organizations on tax exempt financing, Mintz said in a press release.
"Christie has an outstanding background leading complex tax exempt finance deals on behalf of numerous high-profile health care, educational and cultural institutions," said Meghan Burke, a member and section leader of the Mints Levin public finance practice. "Her skills as a tax lawyer coupled with her transactional expertise and experience in these key sectors both complement and expand our nationally-recognized public finance practice."
Martin's practice focuses on municipal finance-related federal tax law in connection with the issuance of general obligation bonds, qualified 501(c)(3) private activity bonds, exempt facility bonds, tax revenue anticipation and other working capital bonds and tax credit bonds. She often acts as counsel to issuers and borrowers in connection with IRS bond examinations and the IRS voluntary closing agreement program. She also works with borrowers and issuers to develop written post issuance compliance procedures.
Martin's clients include government entities, 501(c)(3) organizations, including healthcare, educational and cultural institutions, and investment bankers and banks. She has served as bond counsel to: the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency in its issues of bonds and notes for capital projects for Harvard University, the Museum of Fine Arts, Partners Healthcare System and Clark Museum; and the Vermont Economic Development Authority with respect to its tax-exempt commercial paper program.
