Coats Rose

What Coats Rose does

Coats Rose, P.C. is a Texas-based professional law corporation founded in 1989, focused on development-related legal services. The firm concentrates on five core practice areas: real estate development, affordable housing (operating one of the largest such practices in the United States), public finance and bond counsel work, special purpose district and municipal utility district creation and administration, and related litigation. With more than 90 attorneys, Coats Rose serves a client base spanning affordable housing developers and authorities, real estate developers, special purpose districts, public finance issuers, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals, with institutional relationships that include numerous state and local government entities.

The firm operates from four U.S. offices—Houston (headquarters), Dallas, Austin, and Cincinnati—with a referenced New Orleans presence extending its geographic reach. Its business model is a conventional law firm professional services model: clients are billed on hourly, transactional, or bond counsel fee structures tied to the specific practice engagement, with revenue generated per matter rather than via subscription or productized offerings. Senior partners such as Tim Green, who has underwritten bond issuances exceeding $16 billion, anchor the firm's reputation in public finance and affordable housing. Coats Rose maintains a multi-decade institutional position in Texas special district law, with direct legislative engagement (including Texas SB 1635) and longstanding sponsorships of industry associations such as TAAHP, NAHRO, NCSHA, TAHRA, and IMLA. The firm's competitive identity is built on practitioner expertise and regulatory relationships rather than technology platforms, with no disclosed AI, automation, or proprietary technology assets in the available material.

Name

Coats Rose

Legal name

Coats Rose, P.C.

Website

https://coatsrose.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Coats Rose, P.C. is a Texas-based law firm founded in 1989 with 90+ attorneys, specializing in real estate development, affordable housing, public finance, and special purpose district law for developers, housing authorities, and government entities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Transactional: Billable hour-based legal counsel for real estate transactions, affordable housing development, public finance, mergers and acquisitions, and business matters.
2. Legal Services - Litigation: Commercial litigation services billed on hourly rates or alternative fee arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Coats Rose is a full-service law firm that provides legal counsel and representation across approximately 10 practice areas including Real Estate Law, Affordable Housing, Public Finance, Construction/Surety Law, Commercial Litigation, Government Relations, Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities, and Tax. The firm serves developers, businesses, public entities, lenders, and other organizations from offices in Houston, Dallas, Austin, and Cincinnati.

Product overview

Coats Rose is a transaction and litigation law firm offering a unified portfolio of legal services focused on development: real estate, affordable housing, special purpose districts, business, and private wealth. The firm provides legal counsel to businesses, governmental entities, corporate and high-net-worth clients across the U.S. and internationally. Key practice areas include Real Estate Law, Affordable Housing and Community Development, Public Finance, Construction/Surety Law, Commercial Litigation, Government Relations, Intellectual Property, Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities Law, and Tax.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Largest RAD conversion closing to date in the country - 1,590 units in El Paso
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 July 2022Coats Rose is a proud sponsor of the Texas Housing Conference hosted by TAAHP, attending with multiple attorneys from the Affordable Housing and Community Development practice group
• Texas Chapter of National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (TXNAHRO)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 May 2022Platinum sponsor of the 2022 Texas NAHRO Annual Conference, with Barry Palmer as director attending the conference
• Dallas Area Habitat for HumanityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2022Mattye Gouldsby Jones served as panelist on Housing Advocacy/Affordability Virtual Panel hosted by Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity
• Louisiana Association of Affordable Housing Providers (LAAHP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 April 2022Gold sponsor of the LAAHP Annual Conference, with attorneys Kelly Longwell and Mattye Gouldsby Jones in attendance
• National Housing & Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 January 2022Alysse Hollis moderated Tax-Exempt Debt Roundtable panel at Tennessee Developers Council Symposium hosted by NH&RA
• National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 October 2021Sponsor of NAHRO 2021 Annual Conference, with Shannon Davis Hunter introducing plenary session and Mattye Gouldsby Jones speaking on HUD Repositioning panel
• Housing and Development Law Institute (HDLI)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 September 2021Mattye Gouldsby Jones served as faculty presenting at HDLI Virtual Commissioners and Executive Directors Training
• Georgia Affordable Housing CoalitionminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 September 2021Attorneys Kelly Longwell, Alysse Hollis and Lane A. Johnson attended Georgia Affordable Housing Coalition 24th Annual Conference
• RAD CollaborativecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 March 2020Barry J. Palmer co-moderated panel at Southwest Regional RAD Collaborative on Rental Assistance Demonstration conversions

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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