Emil Arca

Emil Arca

Emil Arca represents issuers, underwriters, investors, borrowers, lenders and other parties in a wide variety of finance and capital markets transactions in the United States and internationally, particularly in emerging markets. These transactions have originated in about 21 countries and have involved companies in many lines of business.

He has been selected for inclusion in all or certain editions of Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Structured Finance and Securitization Lawyers, New York Super Lawyers, Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms and Legal 500 US.

Speeches

Mr. Arca has spoken to audiences and moderated programs on topics including: structured finance transactions from emerging markets (in particular as they relate to banks, commercial mortgage loans, future flow transactions, infrastructure, legal reform, local asset securitizations, nonperforming loans and vehicle loans, as well as transactions from Brazil, Eastern Europe, Korea, Latin America generally, Mexico and Turkey); the financial industry and the financial crisis; criminal law in the world of corporate governance; business and federalism; lender liability; structured finance transactions in the US (aircraft, auto loans, equipment finance, and small and mid-sized companies, as well as tax, accounting and regulatory issues); and Japanese securitization transactions.

The foregoing programs were variously sponsored by the American Bar Association Section on International Law, the Asociación Bancaria Salvadoreño, the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, the Columbia Latin American Business Law Association, Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co., the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies, the Federación Latinamericano de Bancos, Global Business Research, Information Management Network, the International Bar Association, International Financial Law Review, the Institute for International Research, the Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas, Latin Finance, the Louisiana State University Law Center, the Michigan Mortgage Bankers Association, National Information and Credit Evaluation (Korea), the New York State Bar Association International Law Section, New York University's Federal Taxation Institute, Opal Financial, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Strategic Research Institute and the United States Agency for International Development.

Selected Activities

· Brazilian Institute of Business Law (IBRADEMP): New York Advisory Board

· The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: Senior Advisor, Corporations, Securities and Antitrust Practice Group; President, New York City Lawyers Chapter; Member, National Practitioners Council

· Department of Political Science, University of Michigan: Advisory Board