Joseph E. Smith

Jodie is a Shareholder in Maynard Nexsens Public Finance Group. He has over twenty-five years of experience and focuses on tax-advantaged finance and securities transactions and on infrastructure transactions. Public Finance Jodie advises government, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations on taxable and tax-exempt financings, serving as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, issuers counsel, and underwriters counsel. Jodie also advises clients on related matters, including financing restructurings, interest rate swaps, and tender offers. Finally, Jodie assists clients in navigating post-issuance tax and securities issues, such as determining permitted uses of bond proceeds, arbitrage and rebate compliance, and continuing disclosure. New Markets Tax Credits, Opportunity Zones, and Other Types of Tax-Advantaged Financings Jodie advises clients on other types of tax-advantaged financings, such as deals eligible for federal and state new markets tax credits and deals eligible under the federal Opportunity Zone program. In recent years, Jodie has closed several hundred million dollars in new markets tax credits financings. A hallmark of Jodies NMTC experience has been his understanding of how to combine federal NMTCs with other financing programs like state NMTCs, federal and state historic tax credits, and taxable and tax-exempt bond financing. Corporate and Economic Development Jodie advises clients on corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, and joint ventures and partnerships. He also advises clients on economic development options and economic incentives, including tax revenue-sharing arrangements with state and local governments. Public Service Commitment Jodies peers have called on him to lead various organizations in the industry. Jodie has served as President and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Association of Bond Lawyers. Jodie also has served as Chair of NABLs Securities Law and Disclosure Committee, with responsibility for coordinating NABLs regulatory comment letters and other projects on securities law topics, as editor of NABLs Federal Securities Laws of Municipal Bonds Deskbook (published by Lexis Nexis Group), and as a frequent panelist on securities law topics at NABLs Bond Attorneys Workshop (Steering Committee from 2014-2016), Tax and Securities Law Institute (Chair of 2014 TSLI and Vice Chair of 2013 TSLI), and Fundamentals of Municipal Bond Law Seminar.