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Mitchell Rapaport



Mitch Rapaport is a partner in the firm focusing in tax issues related to public finance and infrastructure finance transactions. During his 30 years in practice, Mr. Rapaport has participated in a wide variety of tax-exempt financings, with an emphasis on public-private partnership transactions and other project financings. Mr. Rapaport has worked on numerous public power financings; stadium and convention center transactions; and education, infrastructure and other industrial projects.

What do you focus on?

Having worked for the U.S. Treasury and IRS and in private practice, I focus my work on three main areas, to assist clients in complex tax-exempt finance transactions and related matters.

  • I have represented many different types of issuers of tax-exempt bonds in structuring their transactions to comply with the federal tax rules, including cities, counties, states, public power systems and universities.
  • I have worked with investment banks, financial advisors and project developers in putting together financings to maximize the use of tax-exempt financings, particularly in projects that involve governmental and private entities working together.
  • I have also done a great deal of work on legislative, regulatory and IRS enforcement matters involving tax-exempt finance on behalf of state and local governments, associations, investment banks and investors.

What do you see on the horizon?

I see an increasing interest in governmental entities and private companies working together to develop and finance critical infrastructure, particularly with respect to roads, bridges, airports and other transportation facilities, while maximizing the use of tax-exempt bonds to finance these projects. We have worked with a variety of industry participants in developing financing structures to meet these goals.

Treasury IRS propose rules to facilitate investment in bond-financed infrastructure

Bond Buyer | June 11, 2018

Washington, DC, project finance and public finance partner Mitch Rapaport is quoted in this article on a move by the Treasury Department and IRA to clarify rules governing “the use of tax-exempt bonds in connection with public-private partnership projects.”

New remedial actions for tax-advantaged bonds and P3s

Law360 | April 19, 2018

Nixon Peabody public finance partners Travis Gibbs of San Francisco and Mitch Rappaport, Bruce Serchuk and Carla Young of Washington DC co-wrote this analysis on the new IRS procedures that can be used “to cure impermissible use of bond-financed projects.”

Contact

Mitchell Rapaport

Partner

Washington, DC

Phone: 202-585-8305


Fax: 202-585-8080

Georgetown University, LL.M.

George Washington University, J.D.

Hofstra University, B.A.

New York

District of Columbia

Mitch was selected, through a peer-review survey, for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 in the field of Public Finance Law. Mitch has been listed in Best Lawyers since 2008, and was designated  Public Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Washington, DC, in 2014 and 2019.

Mitch Rapaport is an active member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, having served as Chair of the Association’s General Tax Matters Committee and its Washington Seminar. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar.

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