Practice Areas
Suzanne Mayes is a nationally known public and project finance attorney, chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Public & Project Finance Practice, co-chair of the Business Law Department, and a senior member of the firm’s board of directors and Management Committee.
In her private practice, Suzanne serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, borrower’s counsel, and disclosure counsel to a wide range of for-profit, not-for-profit, and public clients. She is regularly engaged as bond counsel to some of the Mid-Atlantic region’s largest issuers of tax-exempt debt and as underwriter’s counsel to leading global investment banks in eight- and nine-digit deals.
With more than three decades of experience, Suzanne has accrued extensive knowledge of complex financing structures and hedging instruments. She has led efforts to finance public infrastructure, academic institutions, housing, sports stadiums, student loans, airports and toll roads, senior living facilities, and mass transit, as well as provided counsel on large-scale general obligation borrowings and public-private and public-public partnerships.
Career
Chair, Public & Project Finance Practice Group
Co-Chair, Business Law Department
Board of Directors and Management Committee, Cozen O’Connor
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association
American College of Bond Counsel
The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia Board of Directors
Former Member, Economy League of Greater Philadelphia Board of Directors
Former Member, Forum of Executive Women Board of Directors
Former Member, Ladies First Board of Directors
Former Member, Manor College Board of Trustees
Former Member, Mount Saint Joseph Academy Board of Directors
Former Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates
Former Member, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Board of Directors
Former Members, Redevelopment Authority of the County of Montgomery Board of Directors
Inolex Board of Directors
National Association of Bond Lawyers
Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Pennsylvania Society Council
Philadelphia Bar Association
Philadelphia Accelerator Fund Board of Directors
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation Board of Directors
