Mr. Crawford has extensive experience structuring and executing debt and equity financing transactions for insurance companies, banks, commercial finance lenders and mezzanine funds, as well as issuers and borrowers. He has a strong background in traditional private placement financings, loan restructurings and secured and unsecured cash flow and asset-based credit facilities for working capital and acquisition financings.

Mr. Crawford offers his clients an unusual level of business experience to complement his legal practice. In addition to having a degree in business administration (concentration in finance) from the University of California, Berkeley, for seven years prior to attending law school, Mr. Crawford worked in major money center banks, where he marketed corporate finance products to middle-market companies with an emphasis on the origination, structuring and execution of leveraged transactions.

Mr. Crawford was selected by his peers from 2013 through 2024 for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Banking and Finance Law. In 2020 and 2024, he was also selected by Best Lawyers in America as the Lawyer of the Year in Banking and Finance Law. He has also been ranked in Chambers USA in the California Banking & Finance category from 2013 to 2021.

In law school, Mr. Crawford served as an articles editor for the Hastings Law Journal. Mr. Crawford is also a classical pianist and has performed at Hertz Hall in Berkeley, California, as well as with regional symphony orchestras.