W. Glenn Opel

Over the past 35 years, Glenn has worked alongside virtually every kind of governmental entity on state and local government finance matters, including traditional municipal finance, project finance and tax increment finance. His comprehensive practice focuses on public finance, infrastructure and transportation development, and public/private partnerships. His knowledge of traditional and highly structured project finance transactions benefits his clients in all types of industries, including state agencies, transportation entities and regional mobility authorities, cities, counties, school districts, airports, higher education, river and port authorities, public/private partnerships, industrial development, and special districts. In addition to acting as bond and disclosure counsel, Glenn represents national and regional investment banking firms as underwriter’s counsel in public finance transactions.

Chair, Bracewell’s Public Finance department

American College of Bond Counsel, Fellow; Board of Directors (2017-Present); Treasurer (2020-2022); and President (2022-2024); Travis County Bar Association, Board Member; National Association of Bond Lawyers; Texas Bar Foundation – Life Fellow

JD, The University of Texas School of Law, 1989; Texas Law Review; BSBA, The University of Texas at Austin, 1984