Career advancement

Peter Lam has served as bond counsel to state and local issuers for public and privately placed bond issuances.

Mesirow's public finance group will collaborate with the firm's institutional sales and trading team to offer clients defeasance and cash-flow management for their portfolios.

"After more than 36 years as investor and leader, Peter has decided the timing is right to begin his own retirement next year," said Rich Kushel, senior managing director at BlackRock.

"I am excited to lead the team through what will be an exciting period of growth in public finance," Anjali Sharma said.

The award will be presented to Chu during Women in Public Finance's national conference in Washington, D.C. in September.

Charles Treece and Azer Akhtar in Washington, D.C., and Jennifer Santangelo in Philadelphia have become partners at Ballard Spahr.

Virginia Wong, a partner in Nixon Peabody's public finance group, talks with Chip Barnett about effective mentorship and building successful teams. (15 minutes)

Tishelman, a 40-year market vet, comes to Siebert from UBS Financial Services, where he was a managing director and head of issuance strategies and municipal sales.

Villanova, who is based in Hawaii, will help expand Bancroft's engagement with issuers, underwriters and financial advisors.

Public finance veterans Marvin Markus and Mark Liff join Siebert as managing directors to focus on expanding the firm's infrastructure and higher education practices.