David L. Dranoff

David Dranoff is a Principal in the firm’s Commercial Finance Group, with more than 37 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 and unitranche financing matters. He represents lenders to many manufacturing, wholesale, service and agricultural sectors, as well as to various retail concerns. In addition, he has worked frequently in crossborder lending transactions in North and South America, Europe and Asia. Mr. Dranoff is also experienced in working with troubled loans, both in structuring and documenting workouts, and assisting in bankruptcy proceedings.

Every year since 2003, Mr. Dranoff has been individually ranked in Chambers USA for his work in Banking & Finance Law. He is a Fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers and holds the AV Preeminent® peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for legal ethics and legal ability. Since 2006, Mr. Dranoff has been recognized annually by Best Lawyers in America in Banking & Finance Law. He has also been selected for inclusion in Who's Who Legal Top Rated Lawyers in Banking and Finance Law, Illinois Super Lawyers, Expert Guides: World’s Leading Banking Lawyers, and Illinois Leading Lawyers.

Mr. Dranoff is admitted to practice in Illinois. He received his law degree, cum laude, from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 1983, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Note & Comment Editor of the Northwestern Law Review. He also authored “Dealing With the Bad Apples,” Bar Leader (May-June 1984), and “Attorney Professional Responsibility: Competence Through Malpractice Liability,” Northwestern Law Review (1982).

Mr. Dranoff earned his B.A. in History and Government, magna cum laude, from Wesleyan University in 1977.