Russ focuses on municipal and tax-exempt bond financings for manufacturing facilities, civic facilities, continuing care retirement communities, and low income and pooled housing projects. He assists clients with industrial development agency assisted transactions, sale-leaseback transactions, PILOT Increment Financings, New York State Empire Zone transactions, Brownfield Tax Credits, 501(c)(3), hospital and other not-for-profit representation, general commercial and corporate law and economic development projects across New York state.
Russ represents industrial development agencies, urban renewal agencies and local development corporations throughout New York state, as well as other local and state issuers as bond, transaction and general counsel. In addition, he has represented numerous underwriting and placement firms and financial institutions on tax-exempt and taxable financings.