Carlos Villafuerte

Carlos Villafuerte is a partner in Stradling's Public Law and Public Finance practice groups.

Carlos' experience includes serving as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, and underwriter’s counsel on all types of short and long-term financings for school districts and community college districts.

  • Tax and revenue anticipation notes
  • General obligation bonds
  • Refinancings
  • Leases and certificates of participation financings
  • Revenue bonds
  • Other post-employment benefit bonds

Experience

Advised the Coast Community College District in issuing $211.7 million in general obligation refunding bonds.  This involved a signifcant restructuring of the District's debt. The underwriting team was led by RBC Capital Markets and Citi.
Advised the Los Angeles Community College District in issuing 2020 general obligation refunding bonds (federally taxable).  The transaction resulted in taxpayer savings of over $130 million associated with outstanding District debt, and, at more than $1.7 billion, it was one of the largest local agency bond issues of the year. The underwriting syndicate included 14 banking firms, led by Bank of America Securities and Samuel Ramirez & Co. The transaction was structured to appeal to foreign investors and a significant portion of the bonds were sold to overseas investors.

Credentials

Education
  • Boston University, J.D., cum laude, 2004
  • University of California, Davis, B.A., with honors, 2000
  • American Bar Association
  • Bar Association of San Francisco
  • National Association of Bond Lawyers
  • California

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