Sandra Lee Montgomery is a recognized leader in banking & finance having closed more than $5.5 billion in transactions for first- and second-lien senior lenders, mezzanine investors and equity sponsors across the country in 2023 alone. She is consistently recognized for her achievements by publications and organizations including the Los Angeles Business Journal, Chambers USA, Legal 500, Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers and Latinvex.
In 2019 Sandra was named one of the Most Influential Women Lawyers by the Los Angeles Business Journal and on November 4, 2020, the Daily Journal released an article featuring Sandra as one of the Top Women Lawyers.
Sandra is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, the Women Partners Advisory Committee and she was the co-Chair of the New Business Committee for the last four years. She is also a mentor in the Firm’s Diverse Lawyer Mentoring Circle Program.
Her areas of focus include acquisitions, recapitalization and other leveraged financings, cash flow and asset-based financings, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, cross-border financings, unitranche and mezzanine financings and restructurings.
Sandra has industry experience in a wide range of business sectors including retail, technology, transportation, manufacturing, distribution, general industrial, import/export, agriculture and services. She has extensive knowledge of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and other laws that relate to secured transactions. Sandra has also handled numerous cross-border transactions involving Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, the Cayman Islands, England, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Scotland and Singapore.
magna cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Former Member of the Uniform Commercial Code Committee, State Bar of California
L.A. Times: Banking & Finance: "Trends, Updates and Visionaries" 2023
Los Angeles Business Journal "Most Influential Women Lawyers" 2019
Chambers USA: California: Banking & Finance 2008-2024
The Legal 500 United States: Finance: Bank Lending, 2016
Best Lawyers in America: Securitizations and Structured Finance Law 2009-2024
IFLR1000, Rising Star, Banking and Finance 2014
Latinvex, Latin America’s Top 50 Female Lawyers, Banking and Finance 2014
Super Lawyers Southern California
The Legal 500 United States: Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders 2023-2024
The Legal 500 United States: Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate, 2023