Insightful public finance guidance for nonprofits

Elizabeth Blutstein provides public finance counsel, specializing in tax-exempt bond transactions for nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations. She also has extensive experience with many aspects of conduit qualified private activity bond tax-exempt financing transactions. Liz counsels 501(c)(3) borrowers across many industries, including:

• Hospitals, clinics, multimember health care systems and senior living facilities
• Educational institutions
• Cultural facilities

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• Wisconsin

Education

• George Washington University Law School (J.D., with highest honors, 1988)
  • Order of the Coif
  • George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics, editor

• University of Wisconsin - Madison (B.A., 1985)

• "Business Law Training | Why Industrial Revenue Bonds are an Attractive Financing Option"
• "The Bond Deal is Over, Now What?"
• Bank On It: Finance News You Can Count On
• Build America Bonds: IRS Sends Out Questionnaire to Issuers of Build America Bonds Regarding Post Issuance Compliance
• Campaign Practices
• Creating and Maintaining an Effective Bond Issuance Compliance Program
• Guidance and Allocations Released for ARRA Recovery Bonds
• Material Event Filings for Certain Pre-Refunded Rated Obligations That Have Been Downgraded
• Midwestern Disaster Area Bonds Provide Tax-Exempt Financing Opportunities for Private Businesses
• Midwestern Disaster Area Bonds Provide Tax-Exempt Financing Opportunities for Private Businesses
• MSRB Webinars for EMMA Continuing Disclosure Submission Process; Changes to Small Issuer Continuing Disclosure Exception
• New Law Changes Time Requirement For Filing Referendum Questions
• Post Issuance Compliance: IRS Questionnaire Sent to Hundreds of Governmental Issuers
• Post-Issuance Compliance Policy for Tax-Exempt and Tax-Advantaged Obligations
• Public Finance Provisions included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Information for Bond Issuers
• Public Finance Provisions included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Information for Wisconsin Bond Issuers
• Public Finance Stimulus Legislation Changes: New "Bank Qualified" Limits and Changes to AMT Treatment
• Recovery Zone Facility Bonds: Waiver and Reallocation of Allocations; Counties Permitted to Issue Industrial Revenue Bonds Under WI 2009 Senate Bill 440
• Stimulus Bond Programs At A Glance: Build America Bonds, Tax Credit Bonds and Others Compared
• Tax Law Changes for 2011 Affect Municipal Bonds
• Tax-Exempt Financing Basics for Qualified 501(c)(3) Bonds
• Treasury Guidance Regarding ARRA Bond Provisions

Seminar

• Business Law Training | Why Industrial Revenue Bonds are an Attractive Financing Option