Fred Williams

Finance, Healthcare, Healthcare Finance, Public Finance, Tax, Tax Controversy

Fred Williams is a highly experienced public finance and tax attorney with more than 30 years of experience. He is a trusted advisor to a wide array of public and private sector clients, providing strategic counsel on the federal tax implications of municipal bond transactions. Fred has a proven track record of advising on all facets of public finance transactions in Arizona and across the nation, offering practical solutions to complex tax and financing challenges.

Ranked in Band 1 for Public Finance in Chambers USA, Fred’s experience with complex business transactions includes serving as underwriter’s counsel, purchaser’s counsel, bond counsel, and related roles on bond financings for government agencies, financial institutions, investors, and developers. His experience involves a variety of project types, including affordable housing, solid waste facilities, and particular experience negotiating and documenting financial incentives for energy projects. His work has encompassed negotiating and closing transactions involving tax-exempt private activity bonds, New Markets Tax Credits, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, energy credits, opportunity zones, and tax increment financing.

In his pro bono practice, Fred works with a consortium of school districts on Native American lands to structure financing solutions for livable teacher housing, which is sorely lacking in almost all rural school districts on Native American lands in Arizona.

Pennsylvania (Inactive)

West Virginia

Supreme Court of Arizona

Supreme Court of Kentucky

Supreme Court of Ohio

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Supreme Court of Appeals, West Virginia

Professional Activities

American Bar Association, Tax Section

National Association of Bond Lawyers, Tax Committee

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants

Wheeling University,

B.S.

West Virginia University College of Law

J.D.

University of Florida Levin College of Law

LL.M, Tax