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Mr. Kiefer has extensive experience in public finance, corporate finance and banking matters. His public finance work has included serving as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, issuer's counsel and trustee's counsel on a wide variety of public finance transactions. His corporate experience includes numerous private equity transactions, along with mergers and acquisitions and many other corporate finance transactions. His banking experience includes commercial loan work, financial institution regulatory work, and electronic banking issues.
He has also served as speaker and panelist at numerous banking and public finance conferences, including the Bond Attorney's Workshop.
Mr. Kiefer serves on the Firm's Executive Board.
While in law school, Mr. Kiefer was Executive Editor of the Indiana Law Review.
Experience
Some of the public finance transactions which Mr. Kiefer has recently completed include:
Counsel to the Michigan Public Service Commission in connection with the approval of the issuance by the Detroit Edison Company of $1.75 billion of securitization bonds to recover certain costs in connection with the State's utility deregulation legislation
Bond Counsel to the State of Michigan on two separate $900 million cash flow borrowing
Bond Counsel to the State of Michigan on the first bond issue under the Clean Michigan Initiative approved by the Michigan electorate
Bond Counsel on a $518 million Michigan Department of Transportation bond issue
Bond Counsel to the Michigan Tobacco Securitization Finance Authority on a $587 million bond issue.
Underwriter's Counsel in connection with a $493 million advance refunding bond issue for the State of Michigan Building Authority
Underwriter's Counsel in connection with a $330 million State of Michigan Building Authority bond issue
Bond Counsel to the Michigan Higher Education State Loan Authority for a $508 million student loan authority bond issue
Underwriter's Counsel in connection with a $155 million Michigan State Housing Development Authority bond issue
Bond Counsel to Brighton Township on a $27 million bond issue to fund a new sewer project
Bond Counsel to the City of Lansing on numerous revenue bond issues to remedy the City's combined sewer overflow situation
Underwriter's Counsel for the $135 million Certificates of Participation issued to finance the remodeling of the former world headquarters of General Motors for use as a State of Michigan office building
Underwriter's Counsel for Munson Healthcare's $72 million revenue bond issue
He has also served as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, and issuer's counsel on many other state, county, city, township, village, university, school district, and library bond issues. Mr. Kiefer has also served as Special Assistant Attorney General by appointment of the Michigan Attorney General.
In addition to his public finance experience, Mr. Kiefer does extensive corporate finance and banking work. This work has included serving as:
Lead Investor's Counsel on numerous private equity transactions
Lead Investor's Counsel on venture capital financings and alternative investments
Counsel on various private equity co-investment transactions
Lender's Counsel on numerous commercial lending transactions, including real estate secured and asset backed financings
Counsel on interest rate swap transactions
Company Counsel on various corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions
Regulatory Counsel to a regional EFT network
Counsel to financial institutions on numerous state and federal regulatory matters
Professional Associations
National Association of Bond Lawyers
American Bar Association
Ingham County Bar Association
Served on the Public Finance Subcommittee of the State Bar of Michigan
Civic and Cultural Involvements
Appointed by the Governor to the Michigan Ski Area Safety Board, the statutorily created Board with responsibility for the Michigan Ski Area Safety Act, and previously served as vice-chairman of the Board.
Elected Precinct Delegate in Ingham County since 1986.
Previously served as president of the Michigan Festival.
Previously served as president of University Lutheran Church in East Lansing, Michigan
Served as executive director and legal counsel for Michigan Governor John Engler's Inaugural Committees.
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