Brendan Staley

• Advised numerous localities and developers on negotiation of Virginia economic development and tax-related incentives
• Advised Virginia state and local governments on the development of sports and entertainment facilities and other large mixed-use economic development projects
• Served as developer's counsel, bond counsel, and underwriter's counsel on special district financings to provide public infrastructure in support of residential, commercial, and retail developments
• Assisted issuers in financing a broad array of projects, including water and wastewater facilities, schools, universities, court facilities, roads and parking facilities, convention facilities, and public buildings
• Served as counsel to the lenders (comprising a syndicate of municipal underwriters and a bank lender) in the financing of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's first public-private partnership project, a 13-station rehabilitation initiative
• Served as bond counsel to the North Carolina Turnpike Authority with the financing and refinancing of elements of its Triangle Expressway System and represented the Authority in the negotiation of related loans from the US Department of Transportation pursuant to the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program
• Served as bond and tax counsel in private activity bonds issued as part of the Fredericksburg Extension of the I-95 high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, an approximately US$829 million roadway project consisting of managed toll lanes in Northern Virginia under a long-term P3 concession arrangement
• Served as bond and tax counsel in private activity bonds issued as part of the I-395 HOT lanes project, an approximately US$475 million roadway project consisting of managed toll lanes in Northern Virginia under a long-term P3 concession arrangement
• Represented localities and other political subdivisions in Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits of tax-exempt bonds, all resulting in no change or adjustment to the tax-exempt status of the bonds

Before joining DLA Piper, Brendan maintained a public finance and public-private partnership practice. He advised governmental entities, private developers, and lenders in the areas of federal tax and securities law relating to municipal securities, state and local government law, economic development incentives, and public-private partnerships. His prior experience includes structuring public finance and project development transactions for a range of public and private infrastructure and economic development projects, including stadiums, arenas, waterparks, roads and highways, street lighting systems, broadband infrastructure, convention and conference centers, government administrative facilities, and water and wastewater facilities.

Prior to entering private practice, Brendan served as a law clerk to the Honorable Henry E. Hudson of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He also worked as a Counterterrorism Analyst for the Department of Defense before attending law school.