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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 for municipal bond transactions. She also
provides advisory services relating to local agency investments,
investment policies, contracts for financial services, and other
financial matters. She counsels clients as to public works, real
estate, and ongoing administration issues relating to land-secured
financing districts.
Ms. Chuang has provided counsel on a variety of financings, including
redevelopment tax increment financing, general obligation bonds,
enterprise and lease revenue bonds, pension obligation refinancing,
and special tax and assessment financing, including AB 811. She
has worked with the City of Palm Desert and the County of Sonoma
to finance California’s first two AB 811 programs, which authorize
certain public agencies to finance renewable energy and energy efficiency
improvements to private property.
As a former Branch Chief and lecturer in the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission’s Investment Management examination
program, Ms. Chuang brings regulatory experience to the firm’s
public finance group. Prior to joining the SEC, Ms. Chuang’s
experience as an associate at a multi-national law firm involved
representation of lenders in numerous commercial and private loan
transactions, and assistance as issuer and underwriter counsel in
public corporation equity offerings.
Ms. Chuang's speaking engagements include:
"Municipal Financing of Distributed Solar PV Systems," The Bond Buyer's 21st Annual California Public Finance Conference, September 15, 2011
"PACE Residential: FHFA and the Lawsuits," PACE Solutions: Bringing AB 811 Home Conference, March 3, 2011
"AB 811 Contractual Assessments," California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission: Public Financing for Solar Energy, October 9, 2009
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A.B., Stanford University,
1993
J.D., Duke University School of Law, 1996
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