Gary B. Rosenbaum is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. He is a member of the Corporate Department and concentrates his practice on commercial finance, private equity and mezzanine investments, venture lending and leasing, workouts and restructurings, cross-border lending transactions, capital call bridge facilities and other commercial transactions.
Gary advises various financial institutions and private equity funds in structuring, negotiating and documenting leveraged finance transactions in a broad range of industries, including telecommunications, Internet, and other technology fields, retail stores, textile manufacturing, beverage and food distribution and manufacturing. He also has substantial experience representing borrowers and lenders in acquisition credit facilities and venture lending transactions, creditors and debtors in chapter 11 cases, and buyers and sellers of distressed companies.
For the third consecutive year, The Best Lawyers in America (2009) recognized Gary as a leading lawyer in the area of Banking Law. In 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, the respected English publisher Chambers and Partners named him in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, noting in 2007 that he "is lauded by commentators for his 'impressive' representation of lenders and borrowers." Gary also has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer by Law & Politics and Los Angeles magazines in the area of Corporate Finance.
Gary previously served on the Uniform Commercial Code Committee of the State Bar of California and was a primary contributor to the Report of the Uniform Commercial Code Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California on Legal Opinions in Personal Property Secured Transactions (2005).
Gary is on the governing board of the Commercial Finance Association Education Foundation. Additionally, he is a member of the Loan Syndication and Trading Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Financial Lawyers Conference, the American Bar Association Business Law Section Commercial Financial Services, International Commercial Law and Secured Transactions Committees and the Northwestern University Alumni Admissions Council.
While at the University of California-Los Angeles School of Law, Gary was a member of the UCLA Law Review from 1985 to 1987 and a member of its board of editors from 1986 to 1987.
Gary is admitted to practice in California.
Education
- University of California-Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 1987
- Northwestern University, B.A., 1984
