Angela L. Drumm

Angela L. Drumm is a business lawyer and Principal at Carmody MacDonald in St. Louis. She concentrates her practice in Banking & Finance, Real Estate, Venture Capital and Private Equity, Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy, and Business Law. She represents lenders and investors in commercial finance transactions and advises clients on commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development, and leasing. Her work also includes broader corporate matters such as M&A transactions, entity formation, contracting, and restructuring.

Angela earned her J.D. from Washington University School of Law in 2005, where she served as an associate editor of the Washington University Global Studies Law Review and received an Academic Achievement Award in Corporate Reorganization Taxation. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Missouri with a B.S.B.A. in Finance & Banking and Real Estate and a minor in Economics. Her finance-focused education directly supports her transactional and lending practice.

Angela represents financial institutions, life insurance companies, developers, investors, and other business clients in sophisticated lending and real estate transactions. Her work includes commercial mortgage loans, loan assumptions, modifications, syndications, participations, Chapter 11 restructurings, incentive-based financing, and corporate transactions. She has handled commercial finance matters ranging from millions to hundreds of millions of dollars and regularly works across office, retail, industrial, hospitality, and multifamily asset classes.

Angela L. Drumm has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law and selected to Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers. She has held leadership roles with Commercial Real Estate Women St. Louis and serves on the Junior Achievement of Greater St. Louis board. Her practice combines legal analysis with finance and real estate experience, helping clients structure, negotiate, and close significant commercial transactions while addressing regulatory, credit, and business considerations.

Law Office Affiliations

• Principal, Carmody MacDonald P.C.
• Member, The Missouri Bar
• Member, Illinois State Bar Association
• Board Member, Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (2012-2016)
• Member, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Board Member, Junior Achievement of Greater St. Louis, Inc. (2016-Present)
• Executive Board of Directors, Immediate Past President, Commercial Real Estate Women St. Louis (CREW) (2024)

Licensed State

• Missouri
• Illinois

Education

• University of Missouri, Columbia
  Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) in Finance & Banking and Real Estate (Summa Cum Laude), minor in Economics

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