Alysse Hollis

Alysse Emery Hollis focuses her practice on the representation of clients in the development and financing of affordable housing. Her practice includes the structuring and documentation of complex public and private housing finance transactions involving taxable and tax-exempt obligations, federal low-income housing tax credits, state tax credits, and various federal and state subsidies. She routinely serves as bond counsel and underwriter's counsel on such transactions. Alysse has worked with...See more

Alysse Emery Hollis focuses her practice on the representation of clients in the development and financing of affordable housing. Her practice includes the structuring and documentation of complex public and private housing finance transactions involving taxable and tax-exempt obligations, federal low-income housing tax credits, state tax credits, and various federal and state subsidies. She routinely serves as bond counsel and underwriter's counsel on such transactions. Alysse has worked with local governments, underwriters, mortgage bankers, affordable housing developers, nonprofits organizations, HUD officials, GSEs, and banks across the country. Alysse has more than fifteen years of experience in public finance. In addition to her work on affordable housing transactions, Alysse has represented public universities, nonprofit organizations, local governments, and private developers in connection with infrastructure, municipal finance, and economic development transactions. Prior to joining Jones Walker, Alysse was with the firms of Peck, Shaffer & Williams LLP in Cincinnati, Ohio, and White, Bear & Ankele PC in Denver, Colorado. Alysse received her undergraduate degree in journalism from Colorado State University and her law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Alysse would like to acknowledge the contributions of Ron Bell, her tax partner at Jones Walker, who contributed much of the material for Chapter 3 of this book. Alysse would also to thank John Peck for his remembrance of the early days of affordable housing finance, which is included in the conclusion section of this book. See less