Elana M. Hahn

An accomplished domestic and international finance lawyer, Elana Hahn's experience is trusted by financial institutions, investment funds, multinational companies, government agencies and service providers around the globe. Elana has accumulated over two decades of banking and finance experience in the US and UK markets and in Canada, contributing to her focus in domestic and cross-border lending, debt capital markets, securitization and structured finance transactions.

Elana provides advice on a breadth of commercial, transactional and regulatory matters in the wholesale banking and investment banking fields. She represents clients on a wide range of debt finance transactions, including syndicated and bilateral lending and capital markets mandates.

In the capital markets sphere, Elana acts for issuers and underwriters in relation to private placements and bond issuance programs. Her insight is sought for businesses that originate, finance, service and invest in financial assets, including regulatory compliance, warehouse and bridge finance, bank loans, repurchase agreements and synthetic risk transfers, servicing agreements, hedging and derivatives, portfolio trades, and trade receivables financing.

Her knowledge of all categories of mainstream public securitization includes auto, credit card, trade receivables and mortgage loan receivables, particularly residential mortgage trading and residential mortgage-backed securitization. She is renowned for her work in the area of non-standard structured finance, including covered bonds, asset-backed commercial paper and esoteric securitizations, and in repackaging programs, credit-linked securities and other structured products.