Mary Wilson is a Partner of Dentons US and a member of its Regional and Global Boards. Having completed five years as the Dentons US Managing Partner, she currently serves as Global Vice-Chair for the US Region. Mary is a national finance, health care law and tax-exempt organization lawyer.

In her finance practice, she counsels and represents borrowers (including health care and senior living organizations, cultural institutions, schools and universities), underwriters and banks (as liquidity and/or credit providers) in tax-exempt and taxable bond issues and other finance transactions. Over the years, Mary has worked on billions of dollars worth of financings in many states, including fixed rate, put and self-liquidity bonds, lines of credit, direct purchases, accounts receivable financings, commercial paper and swaps. She also works on a wide variety of secured and unsecured lending transactions. In her practice, she:

• Advises clients with respect to securities, regulatory and tax compliance in the tax-exempt finance area
• Assists financial institutions and borrowers in negotiating documents that address the current regulatory requirements and risk environment
• Assists borrowers in structuring financings and in negotiating and drafting documents to maximize flexibility and minimize risks and restrictive covenants
• Counsels clients before and after closing on compliance with bond documents, loan documents and applicable law

In addition, Mary advises and represents hospitals and health systems in corporate transactions, such as restructurings, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, joint operating arrangements, physician contracting and alignment, as well as in finance strategy. She represents and counsels all types of tax-exempt organizations in transactions, governance matters, tax-exemption issues and organizational issues.

Mary is a regular speaker on finance, health care and transactional issues. She is a past board member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) and has served twice as a member of the Steering Committee for NABL’s Bond Attorneys’ Workshop.