Grant Turpin
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Grant Turpin

Senior Attorney
turpin.grant@dorsey.com

Overview

Grant works tirelessly to form strong relationships with his clients and provide them with the proper knowledge and guidance to meet their legal needs.

As a senior attorney in Dorsey's Public Finance Group, Grant engages with both public and private sector clients in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North and South Dakota on a number of issues ranging from municipal bonds to public-private partnership financing. He regularly assists counties, cities, and development authorities with governmental bonding, tax increment financing (TIF), and tax abatement development issues. He also has broad experience with conduit financings for charter schools and other 501(c)(3) organizations. With creative problem-solving and great attention to detail, he unravels the most complex tax and financing matters and clearly communicates to his clients the best methods to resolve their issues.

Education & Admissions

University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., 2015), cum laude; Dean’s List; Senior Note and Comment Editor, Wisconsin Law Review; National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition, First Place

University of Wisconsin – River Falls (B.S., 2012), summa cum laude; Dean’s list

Admissions

  • Minnesota
  • Wisconsin

Experience

Representative Transactions

Higher Education

  • Underwriter’s Counsel -- $12,870,000 Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2021 (Macalester College)
  • Underwriter’s Counsel -- 131,000,000 Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2022A Revenue Bonds, Series 2022B (University of St. Thomas)
  • Bond Counsel -- $500,000,000 Regents of the University of Minnesota General Obligation Taxable Bonds, Series 2022
  • Bond Counsel -- $123,485,000 Regents of the University of Minnesota Special Purpose Revenue Refunding Bonds (State Supported Biomedical Science Research Facilities Funding Program) Series 2021AB
  • Bond Counsel -- $36,875,000 Regents of the University of Minnesota General Obligation Taxable Bonds, Series 2021C (Sustainability Bonds)

Charter Schools

  • Underwriter’s Counsel – $29,580,000 California Statewide Communities Development Authority, School Facilities Revenue Bonds (Guidance Charter School), Series 2017AB
  • Underwriter’s Counsel – $22,995,000 Buffalo and Erie County Industrial Land Development Corporation, Revenue Bonds (The Charter School for Applied Technologies Project), Series 2017AB
  • Underwriter’s Counsel – $4,565,000 California Municipal Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds (John Adams Academies, Inc. Project), Series 2017AB
  • Underwriter’s Counsel – $3,600,000 American Montessori Academy, Public School Academy Revenue Bonds, Series 2017
  • Underwriter’s Counsel – $6,695,000 Merritt Academy, Public School Academy Revenue and Refunding Bonds, Series 2018
  • Underwriter’s Counsel – $10,755,000 Advanced Technology Academy Public School Academy Refunding Bonds, Series 2019
  • Underwriter’s Counsel – $11,770,000 Michigan Finance Authority Public School Academy Limited Obligation Refunding Bonds (César Chávez Academy Project), Series 2019
  • Underwriter’s Counsel - $9,325,000 Universal Academy, Public School Academy Refunding Bonds, Series 2021
  • Bond Counsel – $13,400,000 City of Deephaven, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds (Seven Hills Preparatory Academy Project), Series 2017AB
  • Bond Counsel – $6,415,000 City of Deephaven, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds (Eagle Ridge Academy Project), Series 2020AB

Health Care

  • Bond Counsel -- $46,930,00 City of Crookston, Minnesota, Health Care Facility Revenue Bonds (RiverView Health Project) Series 2019

Prison Facilities

  • Underwriter’s Counsel – $22,515,000 New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Economic Development Revenue Bonds (The Kintock Group of New Jersey, Inc. Project), Series 2017ABC

News & Resources

Legal Writings

  • Supreme Court Invalidates EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule: What Now If You Own or Operate a Large Stationary Source of Greenhouse Gases? June 26, 2014

Industries & Practices

  • Development & Infrastructure
  • Nonprofit & Tax Exempt Organizations
  • Project Development & Finance
  • Public Finance
  • Public-Private Partnerships

Professional & Civic

Professional Achievements

  • Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
  • Member, Economic Development Association of Minnesota

Community Involvement

Pro-Bono

  • Wisconsin Innocence Project 
  • Innocence Project of Minnesota 
  • Washington Appleseed Reentry Guide 

Accolades

  • Named "Minneapolis Ones to Watch" in Public Finance Law by Best Lawyers®, 2022-2025
  • Dorsey & Whitney – Scales of Justice Team Award (Rebuilding Our Community Webinar Series), 2021

Diversity & Inclusion 50+ Hours 2021

  • Contributed more than 50+ Diversity hours, 2021
Grant Turpin