Michael Wiener
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Band 3 : Public Finance
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Practice Areas
Public Finance | Financial Services | Corporate Services | Libor Transition
Career
Michael L. Wiener practices in the area of public finance law, concentrating on public debt offerings for local governments in Florida. Mr. Wiener has worked as bond counsel, bank counsel and disclosure counsel for numerous bond offerings for counties, cities and conduit bond issuers.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Wiener clerked for the Florida Attorney General's office in the Antitrust Division. Mr. Wiener previously worked as a consultant, specializing in the implementation and administration of defined benefit and 401(k) plans. He regularly consulted with Fortune 500 companies regarding the design and compliance of their retirement plans.
In the community, Mr. Wiener is involved with the Lakeland Police Foundation, Police Athletic League and Camp Fire USA Sunshine Council (President).
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Michael Wiener of Holland & Knight LLP is well regarded for his skill in handling public finance matters, particularly for local governments.
Articles, highlights and press releases
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Interest Rate Increase Coming for Many Tax-Exempt Borrowers
Many states, local governments and conduit borrowers (e.g., 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporations) have directly placed tax-exempt loans (secured by the issuance of notes or bonds) with lenders, such as banks and their non-bank affiliates, instead of going to the public markets.
IRS Promotes Use of Fallback Language to Assist with Libor, IBOR Transition
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2020-44 to assist the market's transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) and other interbank offered rates (IBORs) to alternative reference rates by promoting the adoption of fallback language recommended by the...
Interest Rate Increase Coming for Many Tax-Exempt Borrowers
Many states, local governments and conduit borrowers (e.g., 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporations) have directly placed tax-exempt loans (secured by the issuance of notes or bonds) with lenders, such as banks and their non-bank affiliates, instead of going to the public markets.
IRS Promotes Use of Fallback Language to Assist with Libor, IBOR Transition
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2020-44 to assist the market's transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) and other interbank offered rates (IBORs) to alternative reference rates by promoting the adoption of fallback language recommended by the...