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Hogan Lovells US LLP
875 THIRD AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10022
NEW YORK
United States
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Work Department

Corporate and Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Sina Hekmat has nearly 30 years of experience advising clients on cross-border transactions. His particular focus includes sophisticated corporate, securities, and business transactions, with an emphasis on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions.

Sina’s fluency in a number of languages, deep experience with diverse cultures, and admission to bars in multiple jurisdictions make him uniquely suited to the needs of the firm’s international clientele. He represents underwriters, issuers, and shareholders in U.S., European, and global public offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities, specifically in the automotive, telecommunications, software, energy, and financial services industries. He also advises issuers and underwriters in U.S.-registered and European Prospectus Regulation-approved sovereign, investment grade, and high-yield debt offerings, and represents global investment firms in transactions involving asset-backed securities, derivatives, and other structured finance products.

Sina also advises strategic and financial acquirers as well as sellers and target companies in a number of U.S., European, and global mergers and acquisitions. His experience includes tender offers, exchange offers, and hostile takeovers of publicly traded companies, as well as acquisitions (including management and/or leveraged buyouts) and dispositions (including auction sale) of business units and divisions. He represents multinational corporations in connection with cross-border joint ventures, and advises various investment firms with acquisitions and dispositions of distressed assets and non-performing loans, real estate portfolios, and portfolio companies.

From 2016 until 2019, Sina was a lecturer at the postgraduate program Executive Master of European and International Business Law (E.M.B.L.-HSG) at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland.

Languages

English, Farsi, French, German

Education

J.D., Vanderbilt Law School, 1993

M.B.A., Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management, 1993

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, cum laude, 1989

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Finance > Capital markets: global offerings

Hogan Lovells US LLP has an established record in offerings originating from Europe and Latin America. It handles a wide range of debt and equity offerings, and is also noted for structured finance transactions, including diversified payment rights securitisations in Latin America. The firm has an excellent reputation for securities and financial regulatory expertise, including dealings with the SEC. The experienced Richard Aftanas is building the firm’s standing in equity offerings, while Emil Arca is a noted leader in debt capital markets and structured finance, including deals originating in Latin America. Evan Koster has a strong record in sovereign and quasi-sovereign offerings from Latin America, and is also rated for liability management and derivatives transactions. New York and Frankfurt-based partner Sina Hekmat has a background in global offerings by European issuers, particularly German companies. All other partners are based in New York.