Public Finance Associate
Posted Apr 23, 2026
Public Finance Associate
Barnes & Thornburg LLP, an Am Law 100 firm with a nationally recognized Public and Project Finance practice, is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Public Finance Associate to join our dynamic and expanding Public and Project Finance practice. Candidates should have finance, real estate or other transactional experience, and will ideally have some public finance experience as well, though not required. This addition is driven by long-term strategic growth and is an outstanding opportunity for an associate looking to work primarily in debt securities and tax credit finance, with a sophisticated, complex practice, and with a clear path for advancement. Our nationally recognized Public Finance group isChambers ranked Band 1 and advises investment banking firms, commercial banks, utilities, health systems, medical centers, universities, state and local governmental entities, LIHTC investors and other clients on some of the most sophisticated and high-impact financings in the market. We serve as bond counsel, borrower’s counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriter’s counsel, bank counsel, investor’s counsel, tax counsel, and indenture trustee’s counsel on complex, rated and unrated debt financings across the country, and we represent key market participants in restructuring public finance debt. Position Overview
The attorney in this position will gain significant, broad-based public and project finance experience, including substantive experience structuring and executing finance transactions, as well as working with municipal bond workouts and restructurings. In this role, you will work on high-profile and highly rated tax-exempt and taxable bond financings, as well as distressed and high-yield municipal bond transactions. This is a fast-paced practice that involves managing multiple matters simultaneously, frequent client interaction, and engagement with sophisticated financial products and complex credit structures and transactions.