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Evan Koster
Partner, New York
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Evan Koster represents clients in a broad spectrum of derivatives, structured products and finance transactions in the United States and Latin America.

Mr. Koster is experienced in representing financial institutions and end users in structured products and derivatives, having served as in-house derivatives counsel at two financial institutions. He has experience in all types of derivatives and asset classes and, in particular, with energy derivatives (natural gas, oil and power), and energy trading. His practice deals with structured products and related securities and commodities laws issues, and he has experience with fixed-income, credit and commodity-linked notes offerings. Mr. Koster has been involved in structuring and documenting, among other things, rate, commodity and total return swaps, emerging market derivatives, equity options, call and put spreads, accelerated share purchase agreements and credit default swaps.  Mr. Koster is involved in counseling clients relating to Dodd-Frank derivatives regulatory and compliance issues and has been active in advocacy related to the Dodd-Frank rulemaking process.

In addition, Mr. Koster has over 20 years of relevant experience in Latin America, having worked on transactions in most of the countries in the region, including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Mr. Koster has represented both borrowers and lenders in Latin American project financings on infrastructure projects, particularly in the energy sector. Mr. Koster also has represented lenders and borrowers in Latin American secured financings in diverse sectors and industries, including transportation, oil and natural gas, aviation and retail. He has also advised financial institutions and other US and international investors on US regulatory implications of establishing branches and operations in the region. Mr. Koster's Latin American experience also includes serving as the Regional Counsel for the Southern Cone (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay) for the wealth management division of a major global financial institution, a visiting lawyer with a law firm in Venezuela, the Deputy Counsel for a development assistance agency in Latin America, and the editor of a business newsletter for the Caribbean Basin.

Mr. Koster has spoken at conferences and written on many topics relating to derivatives and Latin American finance transactions and has been recognized for Derivatives in the 2010 Legal 500.

Hogan Lovells Publications
20 April 2012 "Regulators clarify key swap-related Dodd-Frank definitions." Energy Alert, Hogan Lovells

20 April 2012 "Regulators clarify key swap-related Dodd-Frank definitions." SEC Update, Hogan Lovells

Published Works
March 2012 "Structured Notes and the Brazil Investment Market: Have They Arrived?" Latin American Law & Business Report, WorldTrade Executive

PRACTICES
Finance
Debt Capital Markets
Financial Institutions Group
Infrastructure and Project Finance
Structured Finance
Trade and Export Finance
Derivatives
Latin America
INDUSTRY SECTORS
Energy and Natural Resources
Financial Institutions
Infrastructure
EDUCATION
J.D., High Honors, Order of the Coif, The George Washington University Law School, 1990 M.A., University of Miami, 1987 B.A., Brandeis University, 1985
MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Latin America Practice Committee and Equity Derivatives Committee, International Swaps and Derivatives Association
Member, Columbian and Venezuelan American Associations
Member, Structured Products Association
BAR ADMISSIONS / QUALIFICATIONS New York District of Columbia Maryland Connecticut
LANGUAGES Portuguese Spanish