David Axelson concentrates his practice on financial services and business restructuring, representing a wide range of clients, including major investment banks, commercial banks and other institutional lenders, finance companies, mezzanine lenders, private equity firms, and publicly and privately held corporations, in the following areas: cash-flow and asset-based finance, secured transactions, acquisition finance, commercial finance, cross-border transactions, securitizations and structured financing, loan syndications and participations.

While in law school, Mr. Axelson was an executive editor of the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, an oralist for the American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Team, and a brief writer for the National Moot Court Team. He also served as an extern for the Uniform Law Commission.