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Blank Rome partners <a href="/people/shadi-enos-jahangir/" type="poa_person" id="19056">Shadi Enos Jahangir</a> and <a href="/people/john-w-masland/" type="poa_person" id="19073">John W. Masland</a> have been recognized in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s <a href="https://labusinessjournal.pressreader.com/los-angeles-business-journal/20260803/page/30">2026 Leaders of Influence: Banking &amp; Finance</a> supplement.

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According to the Los Angeles Business Journal, the annual supplement recognizes leading banking and finance professionals in the Los Angeles region who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, influence, and impact within the industry. Each honoree is profiled for their professional accomplishments and noteworthy contributions over the past year.

To view the 2026 Leaders of Influence: Banking &amp; Finance supplement, please click <a href="https://labusinessjournal.pressreader.com/los-angeles-business-journal/20260803/page/30">here</a>.

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Shadi's and John's honoree profiles, as published in the Los Angeles Business Journal, are copied in full below.

SHADI JAHANGIR Part­ner, Blank Rome LLP

Cali­for­nia’s middle mar­ket requires coun­sel who can man­age com­plex trans­ac­tions and nav­ig­ate com­pet­ing cli­ent demands. These are the mat­ters that define Shadi Enos Jahangir’s prac­tice. As a part­ner in Blank Rome’s Los Angeles office, she leads soph­ist­ic­ated lend­ing trans­ac­tions from struc­tur­ing through exe­cu­tion. She advises fin­an­cial insti­tu­tions, private equity spon­sors, and cor­por­ate bor­row­ers on syn­dic­ated and single-lender fin­an­cings, acquis­i­tion trans­ac­tions, and restruc­tur­ings.

Jahangir’s work con­sist­ently cen­ters on trans­ac­tions that affect how com­pan­ies grow, restruc­ture, and oper­ate. Cli­ents rely on her to man­age these mat­ters and carry them through to com­ple­tion with clar­ity and steady exe­cu­tion.

JOHN MASLAND Part­ner, Blank Rome LLP

John Masland, a part­ner in Blank Rome LLP’s Fin­ance, Restruc­tur­ing &amp; Bank­ruptcy group, advises banks, fin­an­cial insti­tu­tions, and private credit pro­viders on com­plex com­mer­cial lend­ing and cor­por­ate fin­ance trans­ac­tions across the middle mar­ket. His prac­tice spans asset-based and cash flow lend­ing, recur­ring rev­enue-based fin­an­cings, and other highly struc­tured trans­ac­tions. He leads deal teams on soph­ist­ic­ated fin­an­cings, includ­ing uni­tranche and syn­dic­ated facil­it­ies, cross-bor­der trans­ac­tions, and acquis­i­tion fin­an­cings. He is par­tic­u­larly recog­nized for his abil­ity to man­age com­plex, multi-cred­itor trans­ac­tions.

Masland has con­sist­ently advised admin­is­trat­ive agents on large syn­dic­ated facil­it­ies, includ­ing a syn­dic­ated credit facil­ity of approx­im­ately $500 mil­lion for a con­struc­tion com­pany.

Shadi Enos Jahangir and John W. Masland Recognized in Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2026 Leaders of Influence: Banking & Finance

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