LOS ANGELES, April 19, 2024–Proskauer, a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that partnersSandra Lee MontgomeryandBart Williamshave been named toLos Angeles Business Journal’s2024 list of Top 100 Lawyers. The 3rd annual list recognizes the region’s most outstanding legal professionals for their legal achievements, community involvement and impacts on the profession.
Sandra is a well-known and respected leader in the private capital sphere, having closed over US$5.5 billion in transactions for first and second lien senior lenders, mezzanine investors and equity sponsors across the country in 2023 alone. In particular, Sandra has depth in complicated finance structures for alternative lenders. Her areas of focus include acquisitions, recapitalization and other leveraged financings, cash flow and asset-based financings, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, cross-border financings, unitranche and mezzanine financings and restructurings. Outside of her practice, Sandra serves on the Firm’s Executive Committee and the Women Partners Advisory Committee. She is also active in the Firm’s Asian Lawyer Affinity group and is a mentor in the Firm’s Diverse Lawyer Mentoring Circle Program.
A renowned trial lawyer, Bart is chair of Proskauer’s Litigation Department and head of its Los Angeles office. He is a strategic, diligent and persuasive litigator with a wealth of experience across commercial litigation, white collar criminal defense and internal corporate investigations. Bart’s legal prowess has made him the trusted trial counsel for numerous Fortune 500 companies in high-stakes, high-profile matters, and is frequently called upon months or even weeks before a trial to deliver a win. His cutting-edge legal work regularly impacts and set precedents across industries. Most recently, Bart served as lead trial counsel for Gilead Sciences, securing a significant victory in a $3.6 billion antitrust case on allegations that the pharmaceutical company struck an anticompetitive "pay-for-delay" patent settlement related to two HIV medications.
Individuals on theLos Angeles Business JournalTop 100 Lawyers list were selected based on their demonstrated legal skill and their achievements, as well exemplary leadership and contributions to the Los Angeles community at large.