Ronald C.
Green
- Position
- Partner
- Office
- Houston
Ronald Green is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He counsels clients on a broad range of matters, including public, project, and bond financings; corporate governance and compliance; public-private partnerships; and government relations.
Ronald draws on his unique combination of experience — as an elected official for one of the nation’s largest cities, as a C-suite-level executive and an in-house attorney, and as founder and managing partner of his own firm — to provide clients with full-spectrum legal counsel on public and project finance, public-private partnerships, securities, debt restructuring, corporate governance and compliance, infrastructure, government relations, economic development, and related matters. An effective litigator, he also helps clients identify, minimize, and manage potential risks and liabilities.
Ronald’s practice philosophy is straightforward: Behind every project is a person. A native Houstonian and an experienced negotiator, his abilities were forged and refined during his years in Houston city politics, first as a member of the city council for six years, followed by another six years of service as the city controller and chief financial officer. Among other major economic initiatives, and in addition to his ongoing oversight responsibilities for the city, he led the issuance and refinancing of more than $15.5 billion in tax-exempt and $2.3 billion in taxable bonds, including more than $3.2 billion in conduit financing.
In private practice, Ronald has represented clients from virtually every sector, including publicly traded and privately held corporations of all sizes in the healthcare, banking and finance, construction, energy, hospitality, transportation, and other industries. He has also advised not-for-profit organizations, school districts, colleges and universities, municipalities, and government entities. He routinely serves as bond and disclosure counsel on tax-exempt and taxable financings and as underwriters’ counsel in bond transactions. With extensive, firsthand policy-development experience, Ronald also helps clients formulate and present positions on key issues to lawmakers and regulators at the local, state, and national levels. Additionally, he is a certified mediator.
Previously, Ronald served as regional counsel for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and as district counsel for the Texas Council of Alpha Chapters. He was an adjunct professor of public finance at the Barbara Jordan Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University. He speaks frequently before legal and trade associations and is a go-to commentator on legal issues for media outlets such as Bloomberg News and C-SPAN as well as financial and industry publications.