Miller Russell A

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Nashville

(615) 742-7778

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Russell A. Miller

Member

Nashville

(615) 742-7778

rmiller@bassberry.com

https://www.bassberry.com/professionals/miller-russell-a/

Russ Miller is the chair of the firm’s Public Finance Group. In his practice he represents banks, underwriters, nonprofits and governmental entities in connection with tax-exempt and taxable bond transactions. Since 2020, he has closed approximately $500 million in bond transactions for nonprofit colleges and universities. He has also closed nearly $1 billion in nonprofit hospital bond transactions and more than 50 direct placement bank transactions for governmental and nonprofit entities in the last three years.

Russ’ practice involves:

Serving as bond counsel and/or borrower’s counsel on financings for 501(c)(3) borrowers, including hospitals, educational institutions and service organizations.
Representing financial institutions as underwriter’s counsel and bank counsel in connection with both governmental and private activity bond issues.
Serving as bond counsel for water, sewer, gas and electric revenue bond issues for municipalities and utility districts.
Serving as counsel to energy acquisition corporations on a variety of legal matters, including natural gas prepay transactions.
Representing governmental entities and businesses in connection with various economic development incentives, including tax abatements, tax increment financings and the issuance of industrial development bonds.

Russ has served on the faculty of seminars for the National Association of Bond Lawyers, teaching credit enhancement, basic structuring of bond deals, and financial aspects of tax-exempt financings. He has taught a course to first-year law students at Vanderbilt University Law School titled, “Professionalism in Practice.”

Russ is active in the firm’s pro bono initiatives and has recently represented several Nashville-based social entrepreneurs focused on pursuing solutions to social problems while creating and sustaining social value.

Prior to joining the firm, Russ was a judicial clerk for Judge Michael Kanne on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago. He also worked for U.S. Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana.

Representative Experience

$633.6 Million Bond Transaction for Tennergy Corporation

We represented Tennergy Corporation in connection with a $633.6 million tax-exempt natural gas prepay bond transaction. This was a significant...
$330 Million Tax-Exempt Bond Financing for Baptist Memorial Health Care

We served as bond counsel for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation, one of the largest nonprofit healthcare systems in the...
Bond Issuance for 300-Acre Mixed-Use Development in Middle Tennessee

We served as bond counsel to Metro Nashville and its Industrial Development Board in connection with the issuance of over...
$950 Million Dollar Bond Issuance for Ballad Health

Served as bond counsel to Ballad Health for a $950 million bond issue to finance new healthcare facilities and refinance certain existing debt
Representation of Low-Income Housing Developer in Jackson, Tennessee

Served as bond counsel in connection with the financing for the rehabilitation of Kingfield South Apartments, a low-income housing apartment complex in Jackson, Tennessee
$140 Million in Revenue Bonds for Vanderbilt University

Represented Vanderbilt University as bond counsel in the issuance of approximately $140 million in revenue bonds
$11 Million Bond Financing for Construction of Performing Arts Theater

Represented a private nonprofit borrower in the $11 million bond financing for construction of a 28,000 square foot, 450-seat black box performing arts theater
$500 Million of Bond Issues for Private Colleges and Universities

Served as both bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel for nonprofit colleges and universities
$108 Million Refinancing for Mountain States Health Alliance

Closed an approximately $108 million refinancing for Mountain States Health Alliance
Low-Income Tax Credit Deal for Knoxville Client

Assisted Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation with a major modernization program of its public housing projects

Accolades

Best Lawyers® — Nashville Public Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” (2023)

Vanderbilt Law Review — Notes Development Editor

Judicial Clerk to Judge Michael Kanne, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

Accolades

Best Lawyers® — Nashville Public Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” (2023)

Vanderbilt Law Review — Notes Development Editor

Judicial Clerk to Judge Michael Kanne, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

Russell A. Miller

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