Derrick Mitchell

Partner

Derrick.Mitchell@hklaw.com

Houston +1.713.244.8159

Practices

Tax-Advantaged Project Finance | Financial Services | Banking Law | Corporate Services | Healthcare Finance

Industry

Financial Services

Derrick Mitchell

+1.713.244.8159

Overview

Derrick Mitchell is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Houston office and leads the Tax-Advantaged Project Finance Team in Texas. Mr. Mitchell has nearly two decades of legal experience serving as bond counsel and disclosure counsel for tax-exempt financings for cities, counties, state agencies and independent school districts.

Mr. Mitchell represents national and regional investment banking firms as underwriter's counsel in bond and interest rate swap transactions. His practice emphasis includes general obligation and revenue bonds, including transportation revenue, industrial revenue, higher education, mortgage revenue, pollution control and nonprofit hospital bonds. He also serves as counsel to boards of independent school districts and community colleges.

Representative Experience

City of Beaumont, Texas: Served as bond counsel to issuer in connection with $42.77 million of general obligation refunding bonds, Series 2016
City of Houston, Texas: Acted as underwriter's counsel in connection with the issuance of $955.105 million of combined utility system first lien revenue and refunding bonds, Series 2016B; and $605.195 million of combined utility system first lien revenue refunding bonds, Taxable Series 2014B
City of Missouri City, Texas: Served as bond counsel to issuer in connection with $72.665 million of general obligation refunding bonds, Series 2016
Fort Bend County, Texas: Acted as underwriter's counsel in connection with the issuance of $75.34 million of unlimited tax road and refunding bonds, Series 2016A; $94.42 million of limited tax and refunding bonds, Series 2016B; and $64.44 million of senior lien toll road revenue bonds, Series 2016
Houston Community College System: Served as bond counsel to issuer in connection with $19.455 million of limited tax refunding bonds, Series 2016; $28.87 million of maintenance tax refunding bonds, Series 2016; and $50.345 million of combined fee revenue refunding bonds, Series 2016
Harris County, Texas: Acted as bond counsel to issuer in connection with $50.095 million of permanent improvement refunding bonds, Series 2015B; and $202.68 million of unlimited tax road refunding bonds, Series 2015A
Harris County-Houston Sports Authority: Served as disclosure counsel to issuer in connection with $435.203 million of senior lien revenue refunding bonds, Series 2014A; $47.435 million of taxable senior lien revenue refunding bonds, Series 2014B; and $75.875 million of second lien revenue refunding bonds, Series 2014C
Galena Park Independent School District: Acted as bond counsel to issuer in connection with $98.595 million of unlimited tax school building and refunding bonds, Series 2016
Pearland Independent School District: Served as underwriter's counsel in connection with the issuance of $42.2 million of unlimited tax refunding bonds, Series 2016A

Credentials

Education

University of Houston Law Center, J.D.
University of Houston, B.B.A., Finance

Bar Admissions/Licenses

Texas

Memberships

State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association
National Association of Bond Lawyers
Scenic Houston, Board Member, 2009-Present; Chair, 2017-2020
Texas Southern University, Board of Regents, Chair, 2015-2020
United Way Alexis de Tocqueville Society, 2011-2018
Row House Community Development Corporation, Board Member, 2007-2015; President, 2009-2014
Greater Houston Partnership, Local Relations Committee, 2005-Present; Chair, 2010-2014
Texas State Securities Board, 2009-2015
Gulf Coast Rail District, Board of Directors, 2015-2019

Honors & Awards