Title: Principal
Firm: Squire Patton Boggs
Age: 33
Squire Patton Boggs principal Taylor Klavan has made a name for herself providing counsel on a range of tax advantages for state and local debt, including governmental financings for nonprofits, private-activity bond financings in the transportation, solid waste disposal and sewage facility sectors, and many more.
As a member of Squire’s Public and Infrastructure Practice Group, her clients have included the Empire State Development Corp., where she provided tax advice on the $4.2 billion public-private partnership financing for Terminal 6 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, in addition to working on the Delta terminal deal at LaGuardia Airport in 2020; the Pittsburgh International Airport where she was part of multiple financings; and the San Francisco International Airport, where she assisted with bond issuances.
Taylor noted the experience working on both LaGuardia and the Terminal 6 at JFK Airport, which were landmark deals.
“I worked on the LaGuardia 2020 financing for Delta and we’ve seen how great the Delta terminal has come out,” she said, adding the Terminal 6 work at JFK is headed in a similar direction. “It’s exciting to see another airport kind of doing the same thing and we’re excited to see where that goes.”
But outside of airport authorities, she has provided tax counsel to the California Municipal Finance Authority for higher education financings across the state, as well as the Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority and has considerable experience dealing with post-issuance compliance.
“Taylor embodies and demonstrates all the characteristics of a Bond Buyer Rising Star, from her leadership skills to team collaboration, project innovation and creativity, and community involvement,” said Kristin Rudman, media and communications manager at Squire Patton Boggs. “An excellent team player at the firm, Taylor is solutions oriented, and is constantly striving to help the firm’s clients navigate the tax regulations to accomplish their goals with tax-exempt financing.”
Taylor is known as an important team player for Squire and a dedicated thought leader on public finances topics for the firm’s Public Finance Tax blog. She also serves on the National Association of Bond Lawyer’s Tax Due Diligence Project.