Profile
Jason Gonzalez is a member of the Public Finance & Infrastructure Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Miami office. He focuses his practice on public finance matters with emphasis on tax-exempt bond financing, and serves as bond counsel, issuer's counsel, underwriter's counsel, and disclosure counsel on a variety of tax-exempt and taxable financing transactions, including water and sewer, airport and seaport facilities, rail & transit, hospitals, education facilities, universities, public schools, charter schools, solid waste facilities, and surface transportation facilities, throughout the state of Florida and the United States.
Capabilities
Experience
- Bond Counsel to Brightline Trains in connection with multiple tax-exempt financings for the development of its passenger rail service from Miami to Orlando.
- Special Tax Counsel to Brightline West in connection with tax-exempt financing for the development of its passenger rail service from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
- Bond Counsel to The School Board of Duval County in connection with the largest COPs financing in Florida history.
- Bond Counsel to the City of Fort Lauderdale in connection with the issuance of General Obligation Bonds, Special Assessment Bonds, and Water and Sewer Bonds.
- Bond Counsel to the City of Hollywood in connection with the issuance of General Obligation Bonds.
- Bond Counsel to the State of Florida in connection with the issuance of Turnpike Revenue Bonds.
- Bond Counsel to several Florida School Districts in connection with the issuance of general obligation bonds, certificates of participation, and tax anticipation notes.
- Bond Counsel on tax-exempt financings through the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, the Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation, and the Florida Development Finance Corporation.
- Underwriter’s and Purchaser’s Counsel on various bond financings for colleges and universities throughout the country.
- Bond Counsel to multiple community development districts throughout the state of Florida.
- Summer Law Clerk, Office of Chief Legal Officer, Ultimate Software, 2018
- Co-Founder, Chief Financial Officer, Southern Cigar Co., 2015-2020
Recognition & Leadership
- The Bond Buyer
- Team Member, Deal of the Year, 2024
- Team Member, Innovative Financing Deal of the Year, 2024
- Member, Florida Bar, Tax Law Section, 2020
- Board Member, Ana’s Place, Inc., 2019-Present
- Board Member, Gonzalez Family Foundation, 2019-Present
- Member, Knights of Columbus, 2013-Present
Credentials
Education
- LL.M., Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center
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J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law
- Managing Editor, Wake Forest Journal of Business & Intellectual Property Law
- B.S., Florida State University
Admissions
- Florida
- U.S. Tax Court
Languages
- Spanish, Native