Veteran ABS Lawyer Moves On

Hogan Lovells says it has enhanced its DCM and structured finance capabilities with the addition of Emil Arca as a partner based in New York. Arca – a veteran of the LatAm structured finance market – was formerly partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf, where he worked for 16 years. He has worked on several marquee LatAm structured deals, including the 1995 Aracruz future flow transaction, the 2001 Nikkei Remittance Trust, Banco do Brasil’s 2001 DPR and Metrofinanciera’s 2007 ADN issue. Arca’s new firm is understood to have an EM focus, and Arca is expected to remain active in Latin America. “We are seeing definite signs of improvement in the securitization market and this is exactly the right time for the team to be growing its capability in this area,” say Hogan Lovells’ finance co-heads Ben Hammond and David Hudd.