Sarah Christian, a public finance attorney at Winstead PC, has been recognized by Austin Monthly magazine as one of Austin’s Top Attorneys for 2020. She is the only attorney recognized in the Banking and Financial category.
The list was created through an online peer-voting process in which licensed attorneys nominate their most esteemed peers for inclusion in the list. The votes were then tallied and the list of winners was generated. Professionals cannot pay to be part of the list.
Sarah is a member of Winstead’s Public Finance Practice Group. She represents private and public sector clients in complex financing transactions involving the use of bond issuances and secured loan agreements to finance real estate development, solar projects, utility projects, education projects, healthcare projects and other development. Sarah also has experience in tax credit monetization transactions, property assessed clean energy (PACE) financing, and other public-private partnership financing transactions and represents end users and non-dealer counterparties in a wide variety of derivatives transactions. She joined Winstead in June 2020.
Well-versed on the entire spectrum of municipal finance projects, Winstead attorneys have been advising clients on tax-exempt and taxable bonds and rendering market opinions for governmental issuers for over 40 years. As counselors to all participants in the industry, the group represents issuers, underwriters, insurers, borrowers, trustees, credit enhancement providers, and purchasers. Winstead also provides special tax, legislative, and disclosure counsel services.
About Winstead
Winstead is a national business law firm with more than 300 attorneys who serve as trusted advisors to emerging, mid-market and large companies, both public and private. The Winstead team provides a range of core legal services that are critical to our clients achieving their business goals. Winstead’s business transactions and litigation practices serve key industries including airlines, financial services, healthcare, investment management/private equity, life sciences, real estate, sports business and universities.