Diane Quan

Ms. Quan participates in a variety of housing-related financings, including serving as bond counsel to a county development authority in connection with its issuance of multifamily housing mortgage revenue bonds and the preparation of various interlocal agreements involving projects with multiple jurisdictional interests, and serving as bond counsel to a housing authority that issues bonds on its own behalf to finance government-owned multifamily housing.

Ms. Quan also advises general obligation bond issuers, including cities, water districts, school districts and community college districts, and has served as underwriters’ counsel on numerous general obligation bond issuances, including issuances by the State of California and issuances that were additionally secured by other available moneys of the issuer (i.e., double-barreled bonds).

Ms. Quan’s extensive work in general fund financings includes serving as bond counsel on an issuance whose proceeds were used in a novel public-private partnership context to finance a public administration building and disclosure counsel on an issuance to finance a large area hospital.

In addition, Ms. Quan participated in the representation of the State of California’s Water Resource Control Board in the development of the California Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Programs to provide financial assistance to local governments for clean water and safe drinking water projects, and continues to serve as bond counsel for the program.

Ms. Quan has also participated in numerous water financings, wastewater financings, transportation financings, revenue bond financings, lease revenue bond financings, certificate of participation financings, private placements, assessment district financings, tobacco settlement securitization financings, housing financings, state revolving fund financings, pooled financings, cash flow financings, commercial paper financings, tax allocation bond financings and conduit financings for 501(c)(3) borrowers.  Ms. Quan is a member of the California State Bar, the American Bar Association and the National Association of Bond Lawyers.

Professional Memberships

• National Association of Bond Lawyers
• American Bar Association
• State Bar of California