Municipal Advisory Services

Rice Advisory serves as a long-term strategic financial advisor to Alabama local governments—not simply a transaction specialist.

Our Municipal Advisory Services Include:

  • Bond/warrant planning and financing strategy

  • General obligation and revenue bond issues

  • Bank loans and direct placements

  • Lease-backed financing

  • Capital improvement financing

  • Refunding and debt restructuring

  • Debt affordability and capacity analysis

  • Credit rating strategy and agency presentations

  • Competitive and negotiated bond/warrant sales

  • Financial feasibility studies

  • Debt policies, investment policies and long-range capital plans

  • Public-private partnership advisory services

  • Economic development incentives and development agreements

  • Utility and infrastructure financing

  • Procurement assistance for financing teams

  • Ongoing debt management and post-issuance advisory services

Rice Advisory works closely with elected officials, administrators, finance officers, bond counsel, underwriters, engineers, and other project professionals to ensure that financing decisions support both immediate project needs and long-term financial health.