Kevin McAuliffe

Biography

Kevin serves as Barclay Damon’s Project Development Practice Area co-chair. He has decades of experience defining deal structure and procuring financing and incentives for public- and private-sector clients. His counsel starts with analyzing business plans, and he follows through to the operation of facilities following completion of construction. Typically, with new construction or expansion projects, some form of real-property-tax exemption or control agreement has been obtained, and Kevin represents clients in disputes with state tax departments, including state valuation of real-property assets.

Bar Associations

New York State Bar Association
North Carolina Bar Association
Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association
Onondaga County Bar Association

Selected Memberships & Affiliations

New York State Economic Development Council
Saratoga Economic Development Corporation

Representative Experience

Represented the Saratoga Economic Development Corporation during its presentation of the Luther Forest Campus to Intel and AMD. Work included presentations to both companies, calculations of the value of incentive packages being offered, and the creation of new legislation that would support the proposed incentive packages.
Represented a specialty medical group in the creation of a campus, together with a medical-office building and surgery center.
Represented a county and taxing jurisdictions in negotiation, PILOT, and development agreements for the largest wind-farm project in New York State.
Represented a local developer in the rehabilitation of a downtown garage, office building, and the expansion of the garage into a historic structure.
Represented a developer in the construction of a Syracuse University student-housing complex.
Represented a private developer with an industrial development agency and lenders on the Harmony Mills Project in Cohoes, New York.
Represented GLOBALFOUNDRIES in NYS grant agreements, Empire Zone benefits, and with the Saratoga County IDA for sales-tax exemptions and infrastructure bond financing for the chip-fabrication facility in Malta, New York.
Represented more than 100 entities in procuring NYS tax credits, including original applications, entity-structuring issues, and, where necessary, litigating the right to those benefits in the NYS Tax Tribunal.
Represented an independent power producer on real-property-tax assessments and encroachments for dozens of facilities in New York State.
Testified before the NYS Assembly Committee during hearings on economic development.

Prior Experience

Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, Partner
Green & Seifter, Attorneys, PLLC, Member
McAuliffe & McAuliffe, PC

Selected Community Activities

Near West Side Initiative, Board of Directors Member
Syracuse Stage, Board of Directors Member
Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, Former Regional Director
City of Syracuse Planning Commission, Former Member

Selected Honors

The Best Lawyers in America®: Project Finance Law, 2011–2024
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated for Very High to Preeminent Ethical Standards and Legal Ability

Selected Speaking Engagements

Annual Tax Conference for the Syracuse Chapter of the New York State Society of CPAs, “Economic Incentives and Tax Controversy Issues”
Barclay Damon, “The START-UP NY Program: The Application Processes for Sponsors and Participating Businesses” Webinar
County Attorneys Association of New York, “Economic Development Incentives in New York”
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, “Annual Update on the Status of New York State QEZE and Excelsior Jobs Program Credits,” Annual Presenter
New York State Economic Development Council, “IDA Transaction With Empire Zones Program”

Selected Media

Law360, “Q&A With Hiscock & Barclay's Kevin McAuliffe”
New York State Bar Association Hot Topics in Real Property Law and Practice, "The Empire Zone: Are Economic Development Incentives Alive in New York State?"

Selected Alerts & Blog Posts

Overview Experience Knowledge

Syracuse University College of Law, JD
University of Notre Dame, BA

New York
North Carolina

US District Court for the Northern District of New York

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Updated Bulletin on Tracking Technologies in the Health Care Industry

NYS Board of Regents Adopts Regulations on the Mental Health Diagnostic Privilege

First Department Clarifies Pleading Requirements Under NYS Child Victims Act

Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements Under the CTA: Quarterly Reminder

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"While waiting for Notre Dame to win another championship, I'll continue to enhance the success and profitability of client projects—a much more attainable goal."

Biography

Bar Associations

Selected Memberships & Affiliations

Representative Experience

Prior Experience

Selected Community Activities

Selected Honors

Selected Speaking Engagements

Selected Media

Selected Alerts & Blog Posts

Education

Practices & Industries

Admitted to Practice

Court Admissions

Featured Media

Alerts

The New York FY 2025 Budget – CDPAP FIs Under Threat

Alerts

Website Accessibility Lawsuits: Several "Tester" Plaintiffs—Anderson, Beauchamp, Murray, Angeles, Monegro, and Bullock—Targeting Businesses in Recent Flurry of Lawsuits

Alerts

Updated Bulletin on Tracking Technologies in the Health Care Industry

Alerts

NYS Board of Regents Adopts Regulations on the Mental Health Diagnostic Privilege

Alerts

First Department Clarifies Pleading Requirements Under NYS Child Victims Act

Alerts

Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements Under the CTA: Quarterly Reminder

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