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David Dranoff is a principal and chairs the firm's Commercial Finance Group, with 24 years of experience representing lenders in negotiating, documenting and closing financing transactions. His experience covers a broad range of commercial finance transactions, including traditional asset-based secured loans; complicated leveraged buy-out and cash-flow transactions; senior, mezzanine and equity investments; and one-stop banking matters. His practice encompasses the representation of lenders to many manufacturing, wholesale, service and agricultural sectors, as well as to various retail concerns. In addition, he has worked frequently in cross-border lending transactions in North and South America, in Europe and in Asia. Mr. Dranoff is also knowledgeable in working with troubled loans, both in structuring and documenting workouts and in assisting in bankruptcy proceedings. He is a member of the governing board of Commercial Finance Association's Education Foundation and a Fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. Mr. Dranoff has been selected for inclusion in "Best Lawyers of America," "SuperLawyers," and "Chambers USA." At Northwestern, he was a member of the Order of the Coif and of the Northwestern Law Review, serving as Note & Comment editor in 1982. Mr. Dranoff authored "Dealing With the Bad Apples," Bar Leader (May-June 1984), and "Attorney Professional Responsibility: Competence Through Malpractice Liability," Northwestern Law Review (1982). | 