{"id":128929,"date":"2026-01-23T09:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T09:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/128929\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T09:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T09:39:09","slug":"george-smith-joins-greenberg-traurigs-tallahassee-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/128929\/","title":{"rendered":"George Smith joins Greenberg Traurig\u2019s Tallahassee office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smith has he has served as counsel on more than 600 municipal bond transactions over the course of his career.<\/p>\n

George Smith is joining the team at global law firm Greenberg Traurig<\/a> as a Shareholder in the Tallahassee office.<\/p>\n

Smith brings more than two decades of experience in complex municipal finance issues in the Sunshine State, as well as a deep bench of legislative policy expertise in public finance.<\/p>\n

Over his career, he has advised state and local governments on public-private partnerships, statutory changes shaping how infrastructure projects are funded across the state and bond financing \u2014 his r\u00e9sum\u00e9 includes work on some of Florida\u2019s largest bond transactions, including as disclosure capital on a $3.5 billion bond that remains the largest fixed-rate municipal bond transaction in Florida history.<\/p>\n

He has also represented entities such as Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund on multiple bond issuances. In total, he has been involved in more than 600 municipal bond transactions, totaling more than $36 billion.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeorge\u2019s arrival marks an exciting chapter for our Tallahassee office as we continue to expand our capabilities across key practice areas,\u201d said David C. Ashburn, the Managing Partner at GT Law\u2019s Tallahassee office.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGeorge\u2019s distinguished record advising on some of Florida\u2019s most significant municipal finance transactions, as well as his leadership in shaping the state\u2019s legislative framework, will be invaluable to our clients here in Florida and throughout the country. His local roots and commitment to the community are also perfectly aligned with our office\u2019s dedication to serving the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greenberg Traurig Public Finance & Infrastructure Practice Co-Chairs Franklin D.R. Jones Jr. and Ben McGuire added, \u201cGeorge\u2019s addition marks another milestone in the ongoing, strategic growth of our Public Finance & Infrastructure Practice and underscores our dedication to delivering exceptional service to clients in key markets. George consistently provides hands-on guidance to clients throughout every stage of a transaction. This approach helps build the strong, trusted relationships that are central to our practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Florida State law grad joins a Tallahassee office that has added several high-profile Shareholders in recent months, including former PSC Commissioner Andrew Fay, who came aboard last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Smith has he has served as counsel on more than 600 municipal bond transactions over the course of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[63683,58671,63684,4153,22701,4870,232,234,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-128929","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-ben-mcguire","9":"tag-david-ashburn","10":"tag-franklin-d-r-jones-jr","11":"tag-george-smith","12":"tag-greenberg-traurig","13":"tag-personnel-note","14":"tag-tallahassee","15":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","16":"tag-tallahassee-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}