Practices

M. Chrysa Long


617.224.0630


Education

Emory University School of Law, JD, 1985

Boston College, BA, 1982, magna cum laude


Chrysa Long represents institutional investors, syndicators, developers and lenders with respect to complex and multi-tiered financing of properties eligible for federal and state low-income housing tax credits and historic rehabilitation tax credits. She works closely with clients on initial structuring, navigating due diligence review and negotiations through closing of fund investments, project acquisitions and development, asset management, exit strategies and resyndications of affordable housing properties. Ms. Long counsels clients on all aspects of tax credit financing, including public and commercial debt financing, equity investments and related syndicated securities offerings, disposition and workout of troubled properties.

Before joining Klein Hornig in 2011, Chrysa was a partner in the Tax Credit practice group of Holland & Knight LLP, where she specialized in complex syndicated investments in and development of affordable housing.

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • District of Columbia
  • Massachusetts
  • Represents syndicated funds and direct investors in acquisitions, asset management and dispositions of low-income housing tax credit properties nationwide, including senior, multifamily, mixed-use, mixed-income, special populations, "over-55," single room occupancy, single family homes and condominiums
  • Represents nonprofit and for-profit developers in new construction and historic rehabilitation of affordable housing utilizing the full scope of public and private funding including tax-exempt and taxable bonds, commercial loans, HUD-insured loans, HOME funds, state and Federal tax credits, rental assistance, low-interest loans, grants and energy efficiency subsidies
  • American Bar Association, Member
  • Forum for Affordable Housing and Community Development, Member
  • Charlesbank Homes, Inc., Trustee (former)
  • Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development, President (former)