Phenomenal ... immediate response time, excellent quality of work, and great balance with customer satisfaction and risk management.
—A client

Emily Bias advises clients on a broad range of real estate, tax and transactional matters, with a focus on tax-advantaged investment and affordable housing.

Emily’s practice is concentrated mainly on counseling clients in tax-advantaged affordable housing deals. She drafts and negotiates partnership and operating agreements, financing and bond documents, and real estate agreements, including development, leasing, condominium, easement and related agreements. Emily represents large financial institutions, developers, syndicators and other participants in the industry.

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Additionally, Emily represents clients on retail and office leasing transactions in locations throughout the United States.

Representative Experience

  • Represented a large financial institution in its $40.1 million investment in the rehabilitation of a residential rental complex in the Boston metropolitan area, in conjunction with bond financing and various loans and subsidies.
  • Advised a large financial institution regarding equity investments in proprietary funds that in turn invest in low-income housing tax credit projects throughout the country.
  • Represented a developer in the rehabilitation, financing and fund syndication of many low-income housing projects.

Professional Highlights

Speaking Engagements

  • “Opportunity Zones, P3s, & Affordable Housing,” Bisnow’s Silicon Valley State of the Market and Opportunity Zones Event (February 20, 2019).
  • “Acq/Rehab Compliance,” Novogradac’s Credit and Bond Financing for Affordable Housing Conference (October 5, 2017).

Associations

  • Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition, Legislative Committee

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Blog Posts

Education

  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2007

    B.A., The Pennsylvania State University, 2004

Admissions

  • California