Deputy City Attorney - Public Finance - City Attorney's Office (8177)

About the role

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is seeking a qualified and motivated public finance attorney to advise and engage in transactional work.

Responsibilities

• Prepare security documents, disclosure documents and related legislation.
• Manage outside bond and disclosure counsel.
• Draft ballot measures.
• Advising on state legislation related to municipal finance.
• Conduct in-house trainings on the City’s disclosure obligations, IRS post-issuance requirements, and other finance-related issues.
• Advising on matters including but not limited to legal and policy limitations on debt expenditures, the application, approval, and expenditure of federal and state grant funds, procurement, negotiation, and management of debt-related agreements, financial, tax, and other compliance audits, utility rates, revenues, and expenditures under California Propositions 218 and 26, the acquisition of utility assets, and the long-term purchase and development of renewable energy resources.

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice law in California.
• At least five years of relevant public finance experience, ideally more.
• Experience serving as bond, disclosure, underwriter’s or issuer’s counsel in connection with municipal bond transactions, particularly experience with utility, airport, port, or other exempt facility revenue bonds.
• Experience with variable rate bonds, commercial paper notes, interest rate swap agreements, and negotiation of credit and liquidity facilities.
• Ability to assume responsibility quickly and work independently and efficiently.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage and balance an active and varied workload and adjust to workload increases.
• Ability to work directly with multiple City clients in a collaborative environment while maintaining professional objectivity.
• Ability to exercise good judgment, multi-task, and meet deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a positive attitude.
• Commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
• Desire and ability to work successfully as part of a team.

Benefits

The Deputy City Attorney position has a 16-step salary scale ranging from $158,548 to $277,810. The successful applicant is appointed to a salary step based on years of experience as a lawyer. The City offers robust health, retirement, and other benefits.

For more information, please visit: https://sfdhr.org/benefits-overview.

Note: Attorneys are represented by the Municipal Attorneys Association. Information about compensation and benefits is available by entering Classification Code 8177 at https://careers.sf.gov/classifications/.