Elana Hahn is an experienced finance lawyer with knowledge across a wide range of banking, capital markets and derivatives matters. She represents leading financial institutions, fund managers and other clients, with a particular strength in advising trans-Atlantic and international banks and funds on cross-border U.S., UK and pan-European capital market and finance transactions.
In addition to bank loan and securities transactions, her practice covers all aspects of businesses that originate, finance and invest in financial assets, including regulatory compliance, warehouse and bridge finance, repurchase agreements and synthetic risk transfers, servicing agreements, hedging, portfolio trades, and advising businesses on receivables and consumer finance.
While Elana is proficient in mainstream capital markets instruments, she frequently works on innovative, complex and esoteric transactions, financial products and transactions involving a number of jurisdictions. Her experience covers a broad range including corporate & portfolio advisory, covered bonds, fund financing, trade receivables financing, asset-backed CP conduits, auto securitisation, insurance capital markets, mortgage portfolio trades, mortgage securitisation, infrastructure finance and esoteric/whole business securitisation, structured notes and CLOs and credit card securitisation.
Recent engagements have included – in addition to securities and finance transactions – debt and fund re-financings and restructurings, whole-loan portfolio trades, innovative covered bond products, and advising fund managers, financial services providers and financial institutions on business reorganizations, portfolio restructurings and compliance programs.
Ms. Hahn is recommended as a leading lawyer in Chambers Global, Chambers UK and Legal 500 UK. Clients praise her "consistent high quality of work in complex transactions" (Legal 500 UK, 2009) and Legal 500 UK 2011 writes that she is "very attractive for complex legal issues thanks to 'her multi-tasking, high-end quality and appropriateness of advice.'" She is cited as a "Leading Individual" in Chambers UK, which observes that she is "an accessible, extremely hard-working and hands-on partner."
Ms. Hahn is admitted to practice in England and Wales and in Ontario, Canada as a Barrister and Solicitor. She is fluent in French and has a certified advanced knowledge of Russian.