LOS ANGELES, March 23, 2026 – Proskauer is pleased to announce that the Los Angeles Times has named partner Sandra Lee Montgomery a 2026 Banking & Finance Visionary for the fourth consecutive year. The annual list recognizes outstanding professionals and advisers in the commercial banking, investment banking, asset/investment management, lending and private equity sectors.
Sandra is co-chair of Proskauer’s Corporate Department and a partner in the Private Credit & Leveraged Finance Group. She is a recognized leader in banking and finance, working with institutional investors, direct lenders, private debt funds and investment banks on complex, high-value transactions nationwide. Clients rely on Sandra for clear judgment, commercial focus and a strong command of sophisticated capital structures when financing matters are business-critical. With nearly three decades of experience, Sandra’s practice encompasses the full spectrum of transactions including acquisitions, recapitalizations, leveraged finance, cash-flow and asset-based facilities, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, cross-border deals, unitranche and mezzanine structures and restructurings.
Individuals selected for Los Angeles Times’ 2026 Banking & Finance Visionaries were evaluated on several criteria, including noteworthy successes during the last 12-24 months, consistent demonstration of leadership and impact made to their organization and industry’s growth.
Read Sandra’s profile: Los Angeles Times 2026 Banking & Finance Visionaries
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The Firm’s Private Credit Group is made up of cross-disciplinary finance and restructuring experts exclusively dedicated to private credit investors. It includes over 110 finance and restructuring lawyers focused on representing credit funds, business development companies, and other direct lending funds in the restructuring of “clubbed” and syndicated credits, preferred equity, special situations and alternative investments. Over the past five years, Proskauer has been involved in over 1,600 deals for more than 100 private credit clients across the U.S. and Europe with an aggregate transaction value exceeding $420 billion.
