Lawyer Bio : Edward J. Rojas
Edward J. Rojas
"Ed"
Raleigh
Ed's practice encompasses the full range of tax-exempt bond financings including healthcare, educational, housing, transportation, infrastructure, environmental and generation facilities. His public finance experience includes new money and refunding issues, hedges, investment agreements, reissuance, and other arbitrage, allocation, expenditure and rebate issues.
Ed has represented issuers, underwriters, borrowers and bond purchasers in addition to serving as special tax counsel. His practice also includes tax controversy proceedings before the IRS and securing private letter rulings and voluntary settlements.
He also advises on tax issues relating to 501(c)(3) institutions, low income housing tax credits, equipment lease financings and like-kind exchanges.
Contact
- (919) 755-2162
- (919) 755-6179
Professional Activities
Bar Associations: Connecticut Bar Association; New York Bar Association, Tax Section; Florida Bar Association; North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association, Tax Section; Hispanic National Bar Association.
Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers; Association of the Bar of the City of New York Committee on Inter-American Affairs.
Admitted to the bar in 1986, CT; 1987, NY; 1992, FL; 2009, NC
Admitted to practice before all Connecticut, New York, North Carolina and Florida state courts as well as the United States Tax Court and United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Education
Prior Legal Experience
Additional Information
Fluent in Spanish.
Areas of Proficiency
- Tax
- Public Finance
- Exempt Organizations
- Capital Markets