David Sanchez handles secured lending transactions and other corporate finance matters and leads his firm's Banking & Finance Group. His clients include major banks and other financial institutions, Fortune 500 corporations and middle market companies. Mr. Sanchez formerly practiced with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and Buchalter Nemer in Los Angeles. He received his law degree from Stanford Law School in 1987 and received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 1984. Mr. Sanchez served on the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Commercial Law Committee and on the California State Bar's UCC Committee. As a member of the State Bar's Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies Committee, he helped draft state law concerning business mergers and served on the drafting committee for the State Bar's "Report on Legal Opinions Regarding California Limited Liability Companies." Mr. Sanchez has taught seminars for executives and attorneys regarding business acquisitions, corporate law, securities law, and secured financing.Mr. Sanchez is AV® Peer Review rated, which is the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating available (for more information about Martindale-Hubbell peer review ratings, go to www.martindale.com). In each of the last 17 years and in 2023, Law & Politics magazine has recognized him as one of the top banking lawyers in Southern California.Mr. Sanchez is a professional songwriter and member of ASCAP. His music can be heard at https://linktr.ee/collaborati Specialties: corporate finance, commercial lending, secured lending transactions, life insurance premium finance.