This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, and all counterparts shall constitute but one and the same document. Any provision in any Loan Document that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of all Loan Documents are declared to be severable. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the internal laws (without regard to conflicts of law provisions) of the State of California, but giving effect to federal laws applicable to national banks.