Practice Expertise
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Public Finance
- Financial Institutions Corporate and ...
Areas of Practice
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Financial Institutions Corporate and ...
- Public Finance
Profile
Shaney brings nearly 20 years of law firm and in-house financial services industry experience to the firm’s public finance practice. Her experience includes financings for state and local governments and nonprofit issuers. She also represents nonprofit borrowers and financial institutions in direct purchase, credit enhancement and direct borrowing transactions.
Prior to joining the firm, Shaney served as a Senior Vice President of swaps compliance at SunTrust Bank (now Truist Bank) and Assistant General Counsel at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta.
Relevant Experience
- Represent housing authorities in the issuance of tax-exempt bonds for qualified residential rental projects (senior and multi-family facilities) throughout the greater metropolitan Atlanta area.
- Represented several counties as bond counsel and disclosure counsel in the issuance of water and sewerage revenue bonds.
- Represented an urban redevelopment agency as bond counsel in the private placement of its revenue bond and the execution of an intergovernmental agreement with the city, all for the purpose of acquiring land for recreational facilities and future redevelopment.
- Served as underwriter’s counsel in the issuance of revenue bonds by a large private university.
- Represented counties and school districts in calling elections for a special purpose local option sales tax and in issuing the related general obligation bonds.
Education
BA, University of Michigan, 1996
Areas of Practice
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Financial Institutions Corporate and Regulatory
- Public Finance
Professional Career
Articles
- The Georgia Developer’s Toolkit: Economic Development and Employment Incentives, The Real Estate Finance Journal
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