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Butler Snow LLP Offices
1020 HIGHLAND COLONY PARKWAY
SUITE 1400
RIDGELAND, MS 39157
MISSISSIPPI
United States
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Anna Watson
Work Department
Finance, Real Estate & Restructuring
Career
Anna is an attorney in our Public Finance, Tax Incentives and Credit Markets Group. She focuses her practice on Municipal Bonds, New Markets Tax Credits, Public Finance and Economic Development Incentives. She has served as Bond Counsel in connection with closing numerous municipal bond and loan transactions for the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation, the Mississippi Development Bank and local government issuers in Mississippi. Anna has represented borrowers, developers, leverage lenders and community development entities on tax credit transactions utilizing new markets tax credits, historic rehabilitation tax credits and various state tax credits. Anna was selected in Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch for her work in public finance. She is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, New Markets Tax Credits Working Group, Jackson Young Lawyers and the American, Mississippi and Capital Area Bar Associations. She obtained her J.D. and M.B.A. from Mississippi College and received her B.S. from the University of Mississippi. Anna is admitted to the Mississippi Bar, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and the Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Project finance
Butler Snow LLP‘s deep bench of public finance advisors act on state and county soft and hard infrastructure builds. The group are a frequent port of call for many urban development authorities, public institutions, most notably hospital, schools and art centers, and energy developers for bond, borrower and corporate counsel. Added to this, the firm’s tax credits group is regular feature amongst practice matters, supporting clients on federal New Markets Tax Credits and state New Markets Tax Credits – amongst other tax issues. Thad Varner, Blake Sharpton, and Gregg Gumbert spearhead the team from Ridgeland, Macon, and Memphis respectively. In recent highlights, Thad has been active on port redevelopments, Blake on housing and medical builds, and Gregg on energy, manufacturing and logistics facilities. Also based in Ridgeland, Michael Russ and has been routinely instructed as bond counsel to the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation, whereas John England and Anna Watson are well-reputed for their tax advice. Birmingham’s Caitlyn Burchfield, Ridgeland’s Jetson Hollingsworth, and Memphis’ Michael Bradshaw are also recommended.