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Evan Koster
Work Department
Corporate and Finance
Position
Partner; Global Coordinator for Derivatives and Commodities
Career
If an explanation of complex financial products has ever left you feeling more confused than you were before, contact Evan Koster.
As Hogan Lovells’ Global Coordinator for Derivatives and Commodities, Evan demystifies the products and their legal implications – in both English and Spanish – and represents clients in a broad spectrum of derivatives, commodities, and structured products in the United States and Latin America.
Evan’s experience is both broad – including all asset classes, such as commodities, fixed income, foreign exchange, and equities – and narrow, including energy derivatives (e.g., natural gas, oil, power) and energy trading. In addition to his transactional work, he counsels clients regarding Dodd-Frank derivatives regulatory and compliance issues, and has been active in advocacy related to the Dodd-Frank rulemaking process.
Before joining Hogan Lovells, Evan was an in-house derivatives counsel at two financial institutions and an outside derivative counsel to a number of Fortune 500 companies and sovereign entities. His experience with many clients across the spectrum provides the perspective he needs to help close transactions and solve issues quickly.
Not content with having just one area of focus, Evan also represents financial institutions, sovereigns, and corporate borrowers in Latin American debt capital markets, especially energy-related transactions, in both primary offerings and liability management exercises such as restructurings. He has represented clients in leading sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt transactions in Latin America, including the Republic of Ecuador’s return to the capital markets in 2014.
Evan is frequently quoted in the Economist, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Risk Magazine, and Latin Lawyer, and has written on topics related to derivatives and Latin American debt capital markets transactions. He’s been recognized for debt capital markets, structured finance, derivatives, and project finance, in the Legal 500.
Languages
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Memberships
Member, Columbian and Venezuelan American Associations
Member, Latin America Practice Committee and Equity Derivatives Committee, International Swaps and Derivatives Association
Member, Structured Products Association
Education
J.D., The George Washington University Law School, High Honors, Order of the Coif, 1990
M.A., University of Miami, 1987
B.A., Brandeis University, 1985
Lawyer Rankings
Latin America: International firms > Capital markets
Hogan Lovells US LLP has broad geographic coverage of Latin America and is experienced in a range of capital markets structures. It has close links to a significant number of Latin American corporates, financial institutions and international banks. The firm is at the forefront of diversified payment rights (DPR) securitisation programmes and is building its name in sustainability-linked bond offerings where its experience includes a headline offering by The Central America Bottling Corp. Emil Arca (a member of the firm’s Latin America Steering Group) is an experienced name in debt offerings, structured finance and securitisation transactions – most notably in DPR securitisation programmes. Sao Paulo partner Isabel Costa Carvalho is another prominent figure in Brazil IPOs and follow-on offerings. Ben Garcia is also making an impression in a range of equity and debt deals, including sustainability-linked bond offerings and sovereign offerings. Evan Koster is also recognised for sovereign offerings, liability management and derivatives transactions.
United States > Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
Hogan Lovells US LLP has a prolific record in global offerings, especially those involving emerging markets. It routinely represents a range of overseas-based banks, sovereigns, and sub-sovereigns. Richard Aftanas continues to play a pivotal role in developing the firm’s standing in capital markets offerings, including global issuances. Emil Arca is a prominent figure in debt offerings and structured finance transactions, including those originating in Latin America; he is a leader in diversified payments rights (DPR) securitisations. Evan Koster also specialises in Latin America debt offerings, along with sovereign and quasi-sovereign issuances from Latin America, Africa and elsewhere. Sina Hekmat is noted for European offerings, including those by financial institutions. All individuals are based in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Financial services regulation