Public Finance

Our Team

Our public finance professionals have created and implemented a multitude of innovative, cost-effective financing plans. The department is staffed by individuals whose clients include: states, state authorities, hospitals, counties, villages, school districts, universities, cities, park districts, airport authorities, special districts and non-profit organizations. Our comprehensive experience gives us the significant and diverse knowledge upon which to make both astute and educated conclusions.

Rather than fitting a client needs to our capabilities, we use creative financial solutions to design financing structures tailored to an issuer's unique requirements. We focus on developing appropriate investment strategy, given the needs of the issuer as well as the overall interest rate environment.

Over the past five years, Mesirow Financial's Public Finance Department has serviced successful plans for clients including:
  • Senior managing underwriter on over $1.8 billion of municipal underwritings
  • Co-managing underwriter on over $8.5 billion of municipal underwritings
  • Financial advisor on over $24.6 billion of municipal underwritings
  • Swap advisor on over $5.7 billion of notional amount