Barron F. Wallace

Partner

P 713.221.1219
F 800.404.3970
E barron.wallace@bgllp.com

Assistant

Stephanie Terilli
713.221.3363

Barron focuses on public finance, urban infrastructure and transportation development, state legislative matters, and public/private partnerships. He has experience with municipal finance and public law matters, including traditional municipal finance, tax increment financing, urban infrastructure and redevelopment, and structuring public/private joint ventures.

Barron serves as bond counsel for cities, counties, state agencies, and special districts, including local government corporations. In addition to bond counsel engagements, he serves as underwriters counsel to national and regional investment banking firms in bond and interest rate swap transactions. He also serves as general counsel to conduit bond issuers, tax increment reinvestment zones, local government corporations, municipal management districts, and certain not-for-profit corporations.

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Representative Matters

Serving as bond counsel to state agencies; the cities of Houston, Galveston, San Antonio, and other cities and school districts in other regions of the state, including entities in Hidalgo and Cameron Counties.

Serving as bond counsel to the Hidalgo Regional Mobility Authority.

Serving as bond counsel and special counsel to various redevelopment authorities and special districts.

Representing regional and national underwriters relating to general obligation, revenue, project finance, transportation, and other transactions.

Representing tax increment reinvestment zones responsible for stimulating over a billion dollars of new investment in the City of Houston and City of Galveston.

Representing and advising developers on urban development and various tax incentives and/or grants.

Representing not-for-profit corporations on various affordable housing initiatives.

Representative Transactions

$452.7 million Texas Public Finance Authority State of Texas General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2009A and B

$1.9 billion Texas Public Finance Authority Unemployment Compensation Obligation Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A, 2010B and 2010C

$503,7 million City of Houston Airport System Subordinate Lien Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2012A (AMT) and Series 2012B (Non-AMT)

$449.7 million City of Houston Airport System Senior Lien Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2009A

$450 million City of Houston Taxable Pension Obligation Bonds, Series 2009A

$45 million Hidalgo County Regional Mobility Authority Special Revenue Line of Credit

$22.6 million Midtown Redevelopment Authority Contract Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Series 2005

$24.7 million City of San Antonio, Texas, Starbright Industrial Development Corporation Contract Revenue Bonds, Series 2003 (Taxable) [Starbright (Toyota) Project]

$257.7 million Texas Water Development Board State Revolving Fund Subordinate Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2009A, Sub-Series 2009A-1 and A-2 - Underwriter Counsel

$109.9 million Tennessee State School Bond Authority Higher Educational Facilities Second Program Bonds, Series 2009A - Underwriter Counsel

Education

J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 1989
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1986

Bar Admissions

Texas

Affiliations

National Association of Bond Lawyers
Texas Bar Foundation, member since 2003
Center for Houston's Future
American Leadership Forum, 2006 Class XXIV
Board of Directors, Discovery Green-Downtown Park Corporation
Board of Directors, Christus Foundation
Board of Directors, Houston Parks Board

Noteworthy

Chair, 15th Annual Bond Buyer Texas Public Finance Conference, 2011
American College of Bond Counsel, inducted as a Fellow, 2010
Best Lawyers, 2006 - 2012