Gregory Daniels’ practice focuses on the creation and implementation of public-private partnerships for economic development from both public and private sector client perspectives. These partnerships include the full range of tax increment financing options and other economic development incentives available under state and federal law. He has negotiated and drafted a broad scope of contracts on behalf of business and governmental entities including numerous incentive, development and infrastructure agreements; various asset and real estate purchase contracts and leases; various secured financing and loan agreements; and low-income and historic tax credit investment agreements.

A significant portion of Gregory’s practice is committed to serving as bond counsel for various counties, cities, villages, townships, new community authorities and other governmental entities in connection with the tax-exempt and taxable financing and refinancing of capital improvement projects including general obligation, special assessment, utility revenue, tax increment financing revenue, new community authority revenue and 501(c)(3) conduit financings. He also serves as underwriters’ counsel and borrowers’ counsel in similar financings.

Gregory’s experience includes serving as counsel for more than three dozen tax increment financings to fund more than US$250 million in public infrastructure improvements. He has also been engaged to create several new community authorities, enterprise zones and community reinvestment areas to encourage the investment of private capital in local communities and spur economic development.

Gregory was selected by peers as a rising star – an honorary designation for the top 2.5 percent of lawyers age 40 or younger, or in practice 10 years or less – and listed in the 2009 and 2012 editions of Ohio Super Lawyers – Rising Stars.

Gregory is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the Council of Development Finance Agencies’ Ohio Financing Roundtable and the Ohio Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA).