Butler Snow LLP attorney Michael (Mike) J. Busada has been named the chairman of the National Association of Bond Lawyers’ Governmental Affairs Committee. Busada previously served on the committee as co-chair and vice chair.
The National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) serves to promote the education of its members around public laws affecting public finance and the municipal bond market. The NABL Governmental Affairs Committee works with federal policymakers to ensure sensible policies that enable state and local governments to tap into the municipal market to finance critical infrastructure.
Busada has vast experience as bond counsel and as a public finance and economic development attorney in Louisiana, representing local governments; 501(c)(3) organizations; economic development organizations and major corporations in the firm’s Public Finance, Tax Incentives and Credit Markets practice group. In addition to his new role as chairman, Busada is a member of Louisiana’s Committee of 100 for Economic Development and the Louisiana Industrial Development Executives Association.
With a keen eye for serving communities through development, Busada continues to advocate for the expansion of tax-exempt bond financing to aid economic recovery. Busada was appointed by the governor of Louisiana to identify solutions to address the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic while serving on the Louisiana Resilient Commission’s Economic and Community Development Task Force.
Most recently, Busada helped to secure financing to the state’s first Buc-ee’s in Ruston and wrote the law establishing Louisiana’s mega-site development program. In 2010, he helped amend Louisiana’s Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program to provide more financial security to municipalities.
Butler Snow’s Public Finance, Tax Incentives and Credit Markets group utilizes experienced attorneys from New York to Colorado to form one of the most creative and successful public finance practices in the country. Butler Snow was ranked the number 8 bond counsel practice in the nation by industry data leader Refinitiv for 2022, making it the only established bond practice in Louisiana ranked within the top 15 nationally. The firm has developed decades-long relationships with many of its clients largely due to our ability to successfully and efficiently close deals—even the most complex transactions. Butler Snow’s attorneys work seamlessly as a team across 12 offices to provide specialized financing techniques, related tax counsel, and other technical debt-structuring knowledge to our clients nationwide.
