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About Garrett
Garrett Merville works on a range of public finance matters for cities, counties, special districts, and school districts throughout Texas. Garrett’s practice also includes tax-exempt financings for waste disposal facilities, industrial development, and healthcare facilities. He serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel and disclosure counsel in such transactions.
Garrett works on matters related to tax-exempt finance and tax credit transactions at the federal, state and local levels, with a focus on affordable and workforce housing development. He has experience with governmental entities in public-private partnerships in connection with 4% and 9% low-income housing tax credit transactions and workforce housing transactions involving public facility corporations and housing finance corporations.
In addition to helping clients meet their financing and infrastructure needs, Garrett also serves as general counsel to a variety of Texas special districts.
Experience
Recent Notable Matters
Harris County Industrial Development Corporation — bond counsel in the refinancing of $225 million of tax-exempt bonds issued for the benefit of Energy Transfer LP. The refinanced bonds were issued in the wake of Hurricane Ike to finance the construction of residual and crude oil terminal and dock facilities located in Houston.
Mission Economic Development Corporation — bond counsel in connection with $50 million Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds (Waste Management, Inc. Project), Series 2023A
Bexar County Housing Finance Corporation — bond counsel in connection with $25 million Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Pavilion at Culebra Apartments), Series 2023
Dickinson Independent School District — underwriter's counsel in connection with $116.645 million Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2023
Gulf Coast Water Authority — bond counsel in connection with $16.425 million Contract Revenue Bonds (Thomas S. Mackey Water Treatment Plant Expansion), Series 2023A and $4.700 million Contract Revenue Bonds (Thomas S. Mackey Water Treatment Plant Expansion), Series 2023B
Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 540 — disclosure counsel in connection with $3.060 million Unlimited Tax Bonds, Series 2023
Iowa Colony Development Authority — underwriter’s counsel in connection with $7.675 million Tax Increment Contract Revenue Bonds, Series 2023
Willow Point Municipal Utility District — disclosure counsel in connection with $4.040 million Unlimited Tax Bonds, Series 2023
Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 178 — disclosure counsel in connection with $3 million Unlimited Tax Road Bonds, Series 2023
Gulf Coast Water Authority — bond counsel and disclosure counsel in connection with $3.590 million Contract Revenue Bonds (South Transmission System), Series 2023