Cromwell Montgomery is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Los Angeles office. He practices in the firm's Corporate Department and is a member of the Finance Practice Group. Cromwell's practice includes secured and unsecured credit transactions, debt capital markets offerings, pre-bankruptcy workouts, debtor-in-possession facilities and other debt financing transactions.
Cromwell is recognized by Chambers USA as a Band 1 Leading Lawyer in California for Banking and Finance, and has been recognized therein since 2008. He has also been featured in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for his work in Banking and Finance Law, and has been recognized therein since 2013.
Representative Experience:
- Various private equity sponsors in a variety of leveraged finance, dividend recapitalization and other financing transactions.
- A variety of public and private companies in their revolving and term loan credit facilities and high yield and investment grade debt issuances, including:
- A radio broadcaster in its credit facilities.
- An auto-parts concern in their credit facilities.
- An agricultural concern in their credit and structured financing facilities.
- A restaurant company in its bond issuances and credit facilities.
- An insurer in their credit and structured financing facilities.
- An airplane parts supplier in its credit facilities.
- A financial institution and miscellaneous studios and other lenders in senior, second lien and subordinated film and other content development related financing matters.
- Various private lenders in a variety of special situation term loan and revolving credit (including asset-based lending) facilities.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Cromwell was an associate with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, and a judicial law clerk for Judge Samuel L. Bufford in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Los Angeles. He received his law degree from the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Cromwell graduated, cum laude, from the University of California Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in Classics.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- University of California - Berkeley - 1997 Juris Doctor
- University of California - Berkeley - 1993 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar
Clerkships:
- US Bankruptcy Court, California Central District, Hon. Samuel L. Bufford, 1997 - 1998