Lance C. Tyson provides practical, strategic advice to clients on governmental and business matters. He works across several practice areas with specific emphasis in the areas of public finance, real estate, banking, tax credits, public investment funds and government affairs, to help clients develop strategies and achieve their business goals.
For over 25 years, Lance served as bond, disclosure, underwriter’s, issuer’s, and bank counsel in connection with transactions by the City of Chicago, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Park District, Cook County, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Housing Authority, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Regional Transit Authority, College of DuPage, Illinois Housing Development Authority, State of Illinois, and Illinois Finance Authority.
His public service tenure includes serving as Chief of Staff to the President of the Cook County Board, Legislative Counsel to the Mayor of the City of Chicago, the Democratic Party’s slated candidate for the 10th Legislative District of the State of Illinois, and member of the Cook County Sheriff’s Merit Board.
Concentrations
• Public finance
• Project finance
• Government law
• Banking and financing services
• Public-private partnerships
Experience
Government Approval
• Drafted, negotiated, and advanced legislation for the Illinois Governor’s signature:
o Soldier Field Expansion Bond Authorization Act. °
o Illinois Affordable Housing Donation Tax Credit Act. °
o Chicago Housing Authority Bond Expansion Act. °
o Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Bond Authorization Act. °
o Privatization of the Chicago Skyway Act. °
o Redrafted and amended the Cook County Procurement Code. °
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Tyson prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Public Finance Transactions
• Bond counsel to the State of Illinois on its $3.366 billion pension bond financing. °
• Disclosure counsel to the City of Chicago on its $1.768 billion O’Hare International Airport bond financing. °
• Bond counsel to the City of Chicago on its $576,415,000 water revenue bond financing. °
• Issuer’s counsel to the Chicago Board of Education on its $557 million general obligation bond financing. °
• Disclosure counsel to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on its $500 million general obligation limited tax capital improvement bond financing. °
• Tax credit counsel to Roseland Youth Center LP on a New Market Tax Credit allocation in connection with the construction of the Pullman Community Center. °
• Disclosure counsel to the Chicago Park District on its $145,885,000 general obligation limited tax refunding bond financing. °
Government Experience
• Legislative Counsel, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley
• Chief of Staff, Cook County Board President Todd H. Stroger
