Kevin is driven to find creative solutions for his clients when it comes to financing and real estate transactions.
Overview
An experienced transactional attorney, Kevin represents lenders, investors, developers and community development entities with respect to the structuring of traditional and tax-advantaged transactions, and the legal and business issues arising during negotiations and closing. Kevin has significant experience state and federal new markets tax credits, state and federal historic rehabilitation tax credits and the (renewable energy) investment tax credit, and regularly counsels investors, lenders and borrowers in and to these structures. Additionally, Kevin counsels clients on related financing, economic development incentive programs, commercial leasing and other real estate transactions.
In Nebraska, Stinson LLP is doing business as Stinson Leonard Street LLP.
Experience
Represented a sponsor non-profit corporation in connection with federal New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) financing used to acquire and construct a $23 million federally-qualified community health center in Denver, Colorado
Represented a sponsor and developer of a project in Montrose, Colorado utilizing federal NMTC for the construction and development of a $12 million flex-use industrial space consisting of two mirrored buildings to be leased to start-ups (primarily from the outdoor recreation industry)
Represented a Denver-based non-profit corporation and charter school which utilized federal NMTC financing to acquire a building for operations
Represented a federal NMTC investor with respect to the preservation, renovation and equipping of a former fire station in Seattle for use by a minority controlled organization dedicated to providing safety-net services (food, shelter, warmth and financial tools) to low-income residents in need
Represented a new markets tax credit investor in connection with the $30 million acquisition and construction of a collaborative community manufacturing space for small and medium sized businesses in Houston
Represented multiple community development entities in connection with the renovation of a Ronald McDonald House in Omaha, Nebraska, utilizing federal and Nebraska state new markets tax credits
Represented an investment tax credit (ITC) investor in a renewable energy (solar) transaction involving approximately 25 project sites across Maryland and New York
Represented the developer in connection with a $44 million renovation of a historic building in Chicago and master leasing of the same to a short-term apartment management company
News & Insights
News
Speaking Engagements
Refinancing the HTC Transaction, Novogradac & Co HTC Conference, Denver, September 2017
Publications
Co-Author, "Stinking up Negotiability – Managing Risk in Custom-Feeder Lending: A Case Study," Nebraska Banker, May-June 2013
Professional & Civic Activities
Professional & Civic Activities
Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- Nebraska, 2013
- Colorado, 2012
Education
Yale University, Certificate Clean Energy Finance and Deployment, completed 2019 - 2020
Creighton University School of Law, J.D., 2012
Creighton University, B.S., B.A., cum laude, 2006