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Diana K. ChuangShareholderLos Angeles

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Diana K. Chuang is a shareholder in the Public Finance Department at Richards, Watson & Gershon. Ms. Chuang serves as bond counsel and disclosure counsel in connection with the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable bonds and notes by governmental entities, including Mello-Roos special tax bonds, redevelopment tax increment financing, general obligation bonds, and enterprise lease revenue bonds. As a former Branch Chief and lecturer at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, responsible for the oversight of investment company and investment adviser registrants, Ms. Chuang brings regulatory agency perspective and experience in complex investment vehicles to the firm's public finance practice. She also provides advisory services relating to investment policies, contracts for financial services, and other local agency financial matters. Prior to the SEC, Ms. Chuang was an associate in the Los Angeles office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, where she represented major lenders in numerous commercial and private loan transactions, and she also assisted issuer and underwriter counsel in the New York office of Orrick in public company equity offerings. Ms. Chuang is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers.

 
Education

A.B., Stanford University, 1993
J.D., Duke University School of Law, 1996

 
Practice Areas
Public Finance
Redevelopment