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William Weir

Nixon Peabody LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2017
  • Recognized in:
    Municipal Law
    Project Finance Law...
  • Website:
    http://www.nixonpeabody.com
  • Location:
    1300 Clinton Square
    Rochester, NY 14604-1792

William Weir is experienced in tax-exempt bond financings, commercial real estate, secured lending, general corporate and tax practice. His principal areas of practice include bond counsel work in connection with industrial development revenue bonds, local development corporation bonds, civic facility revenue bonds, college and university bonds, solid waste resource recovery bonds, hospital and health care bonds, other exempt facility bonds, multi-family housing bonds, continuing care retirement community bonds, assistive living facility bonds, affordable housing bonds and general obligation bonds.

I advise clients regarding the tax aspects of tax-exempt bond transactions, acting as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, special tax counsel and borrower’s counsel.

Economic Development

I am involved in a broad array of financings for economic development, including serving as bond counsel for many of the firm’s issuing authorities, underwriter’s counsel for our investment banking clients and bank counsel for institutions purchasing or providing credit support of tax-exempt bonds. Projects financed include industrial development bonds as well as those for nonprofit borrowers such as universities, hospitals, nursing homes, continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities.

Corporate Practice

In my general corporate practice, I represent publicly owned and closely held corporations in general corporate and financing matters. I also represent many of the firm’s banking clients on real estate, commercial lending and public and project finance transactions. I also work closely with nonprofit and education corporations on tax, corporate and financing matters.

Resource Recovery and Energy

I have worked as bond counsel on numerous resource recovery and other solid waste disposal facilities as well as electrical generation and co-generation facilities. I have represented developers and operators of resource recovery and other solid waste disposal facilities in connection with the financing of many such facilities.

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Lawyer Bio

William Weir is experienced in tax-exempt bond financings, commercial real estate, secured lending, general corporate and tax practice. His principal areas of practice include bond counsel work in connection with industrial development revenue bonds, local development corporation bonds, civic facility revenue bonds, college and university bonds, solid waste resource recovery bonds, hospital and health care bonds, other exempt facility bonds, multi-family housing bonds, continuing care retirement community bonds, assistive living facility bonds, affordable housing bonds and general obligation bonds.

I advise clients regarding the tax aspects of tax-exempt bond transactions, acting as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, special tax counsel and borrower’s counsel.

Economic Development

I am involved in a broad array of financings for economic development, including serving as bond counsel for many of the firm’s issuing authorities, underwriter’s counsel for our investment banking clients and bank counsel for institutions purchasing or providing credit support of tax-exempt bonds. Projects financed include industrial development bonds as well as those for nonprofit borrowers such as universities, hospitals, nursing homes, continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities.

Corporate Practice

In my general corporate practice, I represent publicly owned and closely held corporations in general corporate and financing matters. I also represent many of the firm’s banking clients on real estate, commercial lending and public and project finance transactions. I also work closely with nonprofit and education corporations on tax, corporate and financing matters.

Resource Recovery and Energy

I have worked as bond counsel on numerous resource recovery and other solid waste disposal facilities as well as electrical generation and co-generation facilities. I have represented developers and operators of resource recovery and other solid waste disposal facilities in connection with the financing of many such facilities.

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Education:

  • University of Rochester, BA

Bar Admissions:

  • New York

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Municipal Law, Rochester, NY (2019)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Municipal Law
  • Project Finance Law
  • Public Finance Law
 

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Nixon Peabody LLP
http://www.nixonpeabody.com
 
Headquarters
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109-2835
(617) 345.1000
16 Office Locations
in 4 Countries

China

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Shanghai, China

Plaza 66, 63rd Floor, Suite 6302

1266 Nan Jing West Road

Shanghai 200040

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86 21 6137 5500

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Hong Kong

Central, Hong Kong

Bank of China Tower, 50th Floor

1 Garden Road

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852 9307 3900

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United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

17 Hanover Square

London W1S 1BN

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44 20 7096 6600

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United States

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California

California

Los Angeles, CA

300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 4100

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3151

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(213) 629.6000

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Palo Alto, CA

Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 500

3000 El Camino Real

Palo Alto, CA 94306-2106

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(650) 320.7700

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One Embarcadero Center, 32nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-3600

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(415) 984.8200

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District of Columbia

District of Columbia

Washington, DC

799 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 500

Washington, DC 20001-5327

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(202) 585.8000

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Illinois

Chicago, IL

70 West Madison Street, Suite 3500

Chicago, IL 60602-4283

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(312) 977.4400

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New Hampshire

Manchester, NH

900 Elm Street

Manchester, NH 03101-2031

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Albany, NY

677 Broadway, 10th Floor

Albany, NY 12207-2996

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(518) 427.2650

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40 Fountain Plaza, Suite 500

Buffalo, NY 14202-2224

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50 Jericho Quadrangle, Suite 300

Jericho, NY 11753-2728

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(516) 832.7500

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New York, NY

55 West 46th Street

New York, NY 10036-4120

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(212) 940.3000

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Rochester, NY

1300 Clinton Square

Rochester, NY 14604-1792

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(585) 263.1000

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Rhode Island

Providence, RI

One Citizens Plaza

Providence, RI 02903-1345

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