Phoenix, AZ (January 23, 2023) – Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C. is pleased to announce that Brandon A. Caywood has been elected as Partner to the Firm.

Brandon is a member of Gust Rosenfeld‘s Public Finance and Tax Law groups. He advises clients in connection with tax-exempt financings allowed under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, providing tax guidance and technical structuring advice for a variety of finance transactions in the public finance area.

He serves as bond counsel, and is experienced in providing representation in transactions involving general obligation bonds, lease-purchase financing, conflict financing, revenue obligations, refunding bonds, special assessment bonds and industrial development bonds.  He represents counties, cities, towns, community colleges, school districts, fire districts, improvement districts, community facilities districts and governmental agencies throughout Arizona.

In addition, Brandon has legal experience providing representation in municipal finance transactions as underwriter’s counsel, bond counsel, issuer’s counsel, disclosure counsel, bank counsel, and borrower’s counsel. He has also served as election counsel in bond, lease, override, and alternative expenditure limitation elections. Brandon also advises governmental entities, businesses and individuals on various tax issues.

“We welcome Brandon to the firm partnership,” said Scott Malm, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. “We commend his accomplishments and value his commitment to the firm and our clients.”

Brandon is recognized in the most recent edition of Best Lawyers in America® “Ones to Watch” for Tax Law. He was also named in the 2023 Southwest Super Lawyers® list as a “Rising Star” in the categories of Tax Law and Government Finance. Most recently, Brandon was selected as a Top Lawyer in Tax Law by Phoenix Magazine.

Brandon received his LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He earned his J.D. from the Sandra Day O‘Connor College of Law where he was named the Tax Law Section Outstanding Tax Student in 2017 by the State Bar of Arizona and was awarded the Pro Bono Graduate Award with highest distinction. He earned his B.S. in Accounting from Brigham Young University-Idaho.