Michael Barnes

About Michael Barnes

Public Finance lawyer, barred in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey, specializing in…

Experience

1. Partner (Public Finance)

   Pierson Ferdinand LLP

   Feb 2024 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US

   Michael C. Barnes is a Partner at Pierson Ferdinand LLP, where he serves as bond counsel, borrower’s counsel and underwriter’s counsel on finance matters involving states, municipalities, nonprofit entities, developers, economic development authorities, universities, independent schools and school districts. Mike has specific experience helping health care systems, hospitals and continuing care retirement communities with their financing needs and has served as counsel to nonprofit health care borrowers on public offerings, private placements and bank loans, for both investment grade rated entities and unrated borrowers.Mike\'s experience also extends to tax increment financings, special assessment and special tax bonds, neighborhood improvement district and neighborhood improvement zone bonds and other economic development financings. Mike has served as underwriter’s counsel on the public offering of tax increment financing (TIF)/neighborhood improvement district (NID) bonds and developer’s counsel to privately-held and publicly-traded entities on transactions involving the public offering or private placement of NID Bonds and TIF/NID bonds.Mike has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating guaranteed investment contracts (GICs) and repurchase agreements (repos) and regularly serves as counsel to an affiliate of a global financial institution that offers GICs and repos to borrowers and issuers of tax-exempt and taxable bonds. He is knowledgeable in the implementation and unwinding of swaps and other derivative transactions.

Education

• Saint Joseph's University - Erivan K. Haub School of Business

  B.S., Finance

  1999 — 2003

• Rutgers Law School

  J.D., Law

  2005 — 2008