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Bridge Bank To Base Life Sciences Group in S.D.

Bridge Bank announced the launch of a new national banking group to be based in San Diego — the Life Sciences Group (LSG) — which will offer customized financial solutions to companies operating in the life sciences sector.

The Life Sciences Group will focus on providing term and revolving debt to life sciences companies for a variety of purposes, including growth and working capital, refinancing, restructuring, recapitalization, as well as for financing mergers and acquisitions.

Bridge Bank’s Life Sciences Group will be led by Robert Lake, who has nearly 20 years of commercial lending experience specializing in venture-backed life sciences, technology and health care services companies.

Bridge Bank, founded in 2001 in Silicon Valley, is a division of Western Alliance Bank, which is also the parent of Torrey Pines Bank.

“Life sciences companies often face a unique set of uncertainties,” said Thomas Sa, executive vice president and head of Bridge Bank’s business lines. “With our experience as a leading lender to technology companies who face their own unique challenges, and the addition of Robert Lake and his team’s track record, we are well-positioned to help life sciences companies navigate those uncertainties, allowing them to stay focused on the development, approval and growth of their products.”

Before joining Bridge Bank, Lake was executive director at Oxford Finance LLC where he managed and assisted in the growth of the firm’s portfolio in the western regions of North America. Lake has also held leadership positions at Silicon Valley Bank, Fifth Third Bank and the American Medical Association.

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