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THE MUNICIPAL SECURITIES RULEMAKING BOARD
HIRES MUNICIPAL BOND LAWYER

Alexandria, VA - The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), a self-regulatory organization with rulemaking and market information responsibilities, announced today that Margaret (Peg) Henry has joined the organization's legal department as Associate General Counsel.

Ms. Henry has 25 years of legal experience working in the municipal bond industry.  She joins the MSRB from UBS Securities LLC in New York where she was Director and Senior Attorney representing the firm's Municipal Securities Group.  

"Peg is one of the most experienced municipal bond attorneys around," said MSRB Executive Director, Lynnette Hotchkiss.  "Her legal work both for issuers and underwriters provides an exceptional perspective for the MSRB."  Ms. Henry will report to the MSRB's General Counsel, Ernesto Lanza.

Prior to UBS, Ms. Henry was a partner at Winston & Strawn, and earlier, she worked at Torys in New York where she acted as underwriters' counsel.  Ms. Henry has worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Municipal Securities and counseled New York City's Office of Management and Budget and the city itself.  She has also worked in the securities industry.

Henry received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University and her law degree from George Washington University. 

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) protects and strengthens the municipal bond market, enabling access to capital, economic growth, and societal progress in tens of thousands of communities across the country. The MSRB fulfills this mission by creating trust in our market through informed regulation of dealers and municipal advisors that protects investors, issuers and the public interest; building technology systems that power our market and provide transparency for issuers, institutions, and the investing public; and serving as the steward of market data that empowers better decisions and fuels innovation for the future. The MSRB is a self-regulatory organization governed by a board of directors that has a majority of public members, in addition to representatives of regulated entities. The MSRB is overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Congress.

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