Luisella Perri Appointed Board President of Women in Public Finance Maryland

Foley & Lardner LLP partner Luisella Perri has been appointed board president of the Women in Public Finance Maryland Chapter.

Perri focuses her practice on federal tax laws and regulations related to tax-exempt financings. She has extensive experience in public finance matters involving Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code and routinely represents clients in audits before the IRS concerning a wide variety of public finance issues. Perri also works with the U.S. Department of Treasury and the IRS when preparing, presenting, and obtaining IRS private letter rulings on complex tax matters on behalf of her clients. She additionally serves as a post-issuance resource for her clients and represents issuers, borrowers, commercial lending institutions, developers, and investors in various financing and leasing projects, including public-private partnership transactions.

Women in Public Finance is a professional networking organization for women in the public finance industry. Its mission is to support and advance the careers of women in public finance by fostering relationships and providing educational activities and forums. Participants in the organization include state and local government issuers, not-for-profit issuers, investment bankers, attorneys, financial advisors, rating agency analysts, bond insurers, and trust officers, among others.