Christie Lombard Martin leads the public finance tax practice at Mintz and focuses her practice on tax matters in connection with the firm’s roles as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, borrower’s counsel and purchaser’s counsel for a variety of municipal bond issues. She acts as bond counsel and tax counsel for issuers and conduit borrowers in the health care, government, education, financial services, and nonprofit sectors and is experienced with both taxable and tax advantaged bonds including governmental general obligation and revenue bonds, qualified 501(c)(3) bonds, working capital bonds, exempt facility bonds and other private activity bonds.
Christie works with issuers and conduit borrowers to develop and implement effective post-issuance compliance procedures. She assists with private use analysis and strategies and when necessary represents issuers and conduit borrowers in resolving issues through the IRS voluntary closing agreement program. Christie also represents issuers and conduit borrowers in connection with IRS bond examinations. Christie currently serves as the Chair of the National Association of Bond Lawyers Tax Law Committee. She is a frequent panelist at industry conferences and has served as editor-in-chief of the Federal Taxation of Municipal Bonds Deskbook.
viewpoints
IRS Relaxes Restrictions on Management Contracts for Bond-Financed Facilities
August 24, 2016 | Advisory | By Christie Martin, Maxwell Solet
IRS Revamps Proposed Issue Price Definition for Municipal Bonds
June 23, 2015 | Blog | By Maxwell Solet, Christie Martin
News & Press
IRS Extends Period for Dial-In Bond Hearings
November 9, 2020
Mintz Recognized by Chambers USA 2019
April 26, 2019
Chambers USA 2018 Ranks Mintz Attorneys & Practices
May 03, 2018
Chambers USA 2017 Ranks Mintz Attorneys & Practices
May 26, 2017
Mintz Serves as Co-Bond Counsel to Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corporation in Bond Refinancing
October 03, 2016
Events & Speaking
NABL U Presents The Workshop
National Association of Bond Lawyers
Fairmont Chicago, 200 North Columbus Dr., Chicago, IL
2015 Tax Exempt Bond Compliance Workshop
Treasury Institute for Higher Education
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, FL
Christie Lombard Martin leads the public finance tax practice at Mintz and focuses her practice on tax matters in connection with the firm’s roles as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, borrower’s counsel and purchaser’s counsel for a variety of municipal bond issues. She acts as bond counsel and tax counsel for issuers and conduit borrowers in the health care, government, education, financial services, and nonprofit sectors and is experienced with both taxable and tax advantaged bonds including governmental general obligation and revenue bonds, qualified 501(c)(3) bonds, working capital bonds, exempt facility bonds and other private activity bonds.
Recognition & Awards
Fellow, American College of Bond Counsel (ACBC)
Best Lawyers in America 2024 Lawyer of the Year: Public Finance
Chambers USA: Massachusetts (Band 2) – Banking & Finance: Public Finance (2020 – 2023)
Chambers USA: Massachusetts – Banking & Finance: Public Finance (2017 – 2019)
Best Lawyers in America: Public Finance Law (2021 – 2024)
"Massachusetts Go to Lawyer- Taxation" By Lawyers Weekly
Christie Lombard Martin leads the public finance tax practice at Mintz and focuses her practice on tax matters in connection with the firm’s roles as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, borrower’s counsel and purchaser’s counsel for a variety of municipal bond issues. She acts as bond counsel and tax counsel for issuers and conduit borrowers in the health care, government, education, financial services, and nonprofit sectors and is experienced with both taxable and tax advantaged bonds including governmental general obligation and revenue bonds, qualified 501(c)(3) bonds, working capital bonds, exempt facility bonds and other private activity bonds.
Involvement
- Chair, Tax Committee of the National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
- Member, Maine Bar Association
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