Emmett Kelly

Practice Areas

Emmett is a partner in the Public Finance Practice Group, as well as the Government Services, Commercial Finance and Construction Practice Groups. He has served as bond counsel, structuring counsel, underwriter’s counsel, developer’s counsel and purchaser’s counsel for various taxable and tax-exempt project and revenue bond financings, including private activity bonds (IDB’s), municipal, education, health care, renewable and alternative energy, and traditional general obligation, P.A.C.E, P3, P2 and 501 (c)(3) financings.

Emmett serves as bond counsel and special counsel on economic development financing and incentive projects utilizing tax increment financing, joint enterprise development districts, enterprise zones, energy special improvement districts, and community reinvestment areas. He also serves as counsel to economic development entities such as community improvement corporations, new community authorities, regional planning commissions, convention facilities authorities, water and sewer districts, and port authorities on general, economic development and special obligation revenue financing matters. In the traditional general obligation area, he serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel and purchaser’s counsel for general obligation, special obligation revenue bond and note financings for municipalities, school districts, counties, townships, port authorities, convention facilities authorities and other public sector entities.

In the area of property assessed clean energy (P.A.C.E.), renewable and alternative energy projects, and on P3 (public-private partnerships) transactions, Emmett has served as legal counsel and as a consultant. He has worked on P3’s which have included tax increment financing, special assessments, private equity and assets, and governmental services and assets, for land development projects and public works.