Jeff Gulbas

Jeff Gulbas, a partner in the Dallas office, focuses in the public finance area of general governmental entities. He serves as bond counsel and underwriters’ counsel in tax-exempt debt transactions for numerous political subdivisions. Jeff also assists issuers of tax-exempt debt in structuring short-term flexible repurchase agreements. Jeff started his law career with McCall and has been with the firm since 2007.

Highlights & Notable Transactions

• Has worked on 500 transactions while at McCall of over $5 billion total
• Representative clients include: school districts, cities, counties, river authorities, hospital districts, economic and community development corporations, junior college districts, Counsel to Municipal Bond Underwriters
• Counsel to the Underwriters on the bonds issued to redevelop Kyle Field at Texas A&M University
• Bond counsel on tax-supported and sales-tax supported financings for the new Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters and Practice Facility in Frisco, Texas
• Bond counsel for a West Texas critical access hospital to rebuild an entire new hospital and emergency care facility, replacing the original forty-year-old facility
• Financed a new facility located at the City of Canton First Monday Fairgrounds
• Helped create the first “Extendable Commercial Paper” program in the southwest U.S. for the Trinity River Authority (TRA) which allowed TRA to issue commercial paper bonds without paying fees to a bank for liquidity support, saving it substantial money in financing ongoing capital projects within the North Texas region

Professional & Community Affiliations

Member, Dallas Bar Association

Member, State Bar of Texas

Member, Aggie Bar Association

Member, Texas A&M Association of Former Students

Articles & Speeches

Moderator, Bond Buyer’s Texas Public Finance Conference panel “The Future of Independent School District Financing” (February 2016)

“Avoiding Sanctions and Enforcement Actions: Guidance on Bond Market Communication and Regulatory Enforcement Action Against School Districts Relating to its Bonds”, 18^th Annual Texas Association Business Officials Summer Conference (June 2014)