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Emil Arca
Partner Corporate & Finance
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Emil Arca is a partner in the firm's global Capital Markets practice. He represents underwriters, placement agents, investors, lenders, insurers, issuers, and borrowers in debt capital markets, lending, and restructuring transactions. Originating in the United States and over 30 countries in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, many of the transactions were the first of their type involving a particular structure, asset type, or country. Since 2001, Emil has had 12 transactions earn 25 "Deal of the Year" awards or other prominent recognitions.
He has worked on U.S., European and Japanese structured finance transactions backed by auto loans, data center assets, equipment leases (aircraft, railcars, and small-ticket equipment), film distribution rights payments, franchise loans, health care receivables, insurance premium finance loans, merchandise royalties, mortgage loans (commercial, multi-family, and residential properties), natural resource rights payments, nonperforming assets, royalties, small business loans, sports sponsorship rights payments, unsecured consumer loans, and trade receivables.
In emerging markets, Emil has led structured finance transactions backed by operating assets (airports, drill ships, mines, and toll roads); future flow assets (airline tickets, credit card merchant vouchers, diversified payment rights, export receivables, oil royalties, remittances, and telephone receivables); and existing financial assets (commercial real estate leases, construction loans, residential mortgage loans, telephone receivables, trade receivables and vehicle loans and leases). He has also led numerous transactions involving bonds (senior, regulatory capital, secured and unsecured, investment grade and high-yield), and secured and unsecured loans.
Representative experience
Representation of the underwriters in approximately $4.5 billion in offerings from the Rio Oil Finance Trust.
Representation of Banco Industrial in its senior and subordinated unsecured debt offerings.
Representation of the underwriters in two toll road transactions in Panama to enable the government to reacquire the concessions.
Representation of National Commercial Bank Jamaica in its merchant voucher receivables and diversified payment rights securitizations, as well as NCB Financial Group's senior secured bond offering.
Related case studies
Helping Drinkwell bring safe water to people across South Asia
Credentials
Education
- J.D., University of Michigan Law School
- B.A., University of Michigan
Bar admissions and qualifications
- New York
Memberships
- Securitization and Structured Finance Subcommittee, American Bar Association
- Legal Counsel Committee, Structured Finance Association
- Working Group on Legal Opinions
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Sponsorships and Speaking Engagements
22 February 2026