Nixon Peabody LLP

199 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Economic Development Law Municipal Law Project Finance Law Public Finance Law

Biography

Barry Carrigan focuses his practice on project finance, infrastructure finance and public finance. Barry represents developers, issuers and lenders on a range of project finance and public finance projects including renewable energy facilities, transit oriented developments, waste to energy projects, charter schools and multi-family housing transactions.Barry has been selected as one of The Bond Buyer’s 2020 Rising Stars, a program which showcases the brightest young minds in the municipal finance industry.

What do you focus on?

Renewable Energy

I have significant experience working with developers and sponsors to enter into state and local tax incentive agreements to manage uncertainty around property tax treatment of such facilities. I work with clients to analyze and implement strategies to maximize available state and local economic development benefits. I have worked with many developers and sponsors to achieve their development goals through a variety of economic development structures.

Project Finance

I have experience working on multidisciplinary cross-office teams on transactions throughout the United States. Representative examples include representing underwriters in the financing of a methanol facility in Texas, solid waste disposal facilities in Florida and Mississippi, a $1.8 billion nitrogen-based fertilizer production plant in Lee County, Iowa. In addition, I have represented various clients on project financings for proton cancer treatment facilities in Georgia and Maryland.

Economic Development

I have represented industrial development agencies and borrowers in numerous transactions granting state and local tax exemptions, including sales tax abatements, mortgage recording tax exemptions and payment-in-lieu of tax agreements. I have worked with municipalities and developers to structure tax benefit packages that encourage private sector growth while providing additional tax revenue to municipalities.

Nixon Peabody LLP

199 Best Lawyers awards

Nixon Peabody LLP logo

Overview

  • Syracuse University, JD, graduated 2010
  • Syracuse University, B.S.

  • New York, New York State Bar Association
  • New York, New York State Bar Association
  • Syracuse University, JD, graduated 2010
  • Syracuse University, B.S.

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Economic Development Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Economic Development Law, Rochester, NY (2025)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Economic Development Law
  • Municipal Law
  • Project Finance Law
  • Public Finance Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Energy Law
  • Transportation Law

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