John F England
USA Guide 2024
Band 2 : Public Finance
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About
Provided by John F England
Practice Areas
Public finance; economic development incentives; municipal bonds; tax credits.
Career
John England served as the practice group leader for Butler Snow’s Public Finance, Tax Incentives and Credit Markets Group for over 14 years. John concentrates his practice in government finance, tax credit finance and economic development incentives. He has participated in reviewing, analyzing and structuring a variety of public finance, economic development finance and tax credit finance transactions for over 31 years. He has been involved in financings to support hospitals and other healthcare projects, natural gas, electricity and other energy projects, transportation projects, manufacturing and processing facilities, commercial developments, and community development and other urban renewal projects. He has been recognized as “Dealmaker of the Year” by American Lawyer (2006); Best Lawyers in America® (Public Finance, Lawyer of the Year for Commercial Finance Law in Jackson, Miss. - 2019 and 2022); Mid-South Super Lawyers® (Bonds/Government Finance); and Martindale-Hubbell®.
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers (Chair, Bond Attorneys’ Workshop Panel for Manufacturing Facilities, Enterprise Zone Bonds and GO Zone Bonds); Mississippi Bar (Board of Directors of Young Lawyers Division, Delivery of Legal Services Committee); Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Personal
University of Florida, LLM, taxation, 1991; Mississippi College, J.D., with distinction, 1989; University of Mississippi, B.A., cum laude, 1984.
Chambers Review
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John England offers vast experience acting as bond counsel in public finance transactions, and regularly handles matters relating to the healthcare, transportation and education sectors, among others.
Articles, highlights and press releases
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Thomson Reuters Ranks Butler Snow a Top 10 Bond Counsel Firm Nationally During First Half of 2017
Butler Snow has been ranked as a Top 10 bond counsel firm in Thomson Reuters’ U.S. Municipals Review league tables for the first half of 2017. The firm ranked second in the private bond counsel category and ninth in negotiated bond offerings.
Thomson Reuters Ranks Butler Snow a Top 10 Bond Counsel Firm Nationally During First Half of 2017
Butler Snow has been ranked as a Top 10 bond counsel firm in Thomson Reuters’ U.S. Municipals Review league tables for the first half of 2017. The firm ranked second in the private bond counsel category and ninth in negotiated bond offerings.