Before joining Leon Alcala’s Public Finance practice, Erika was an Associate in the Banking & Finance practice of a large international law firm in London, UK. At her prior firm, Erika worked on a broad range of domestic and cross-border financing matters on both Borrower and Lender side, including corporate and leveraged finance deals, as well as venture debt and alternative financing transactions for specialist financial technology companies.
As part of her prior firm’s Banking & Finance team’s financial technology sub-practice, Erika also worked across a wide-ranging scope of digital asset-related matters and acted for a variety of high-profile industry participants. Her work included advising clients on the financial regulatory framework for digital assets in the UK, fundraising and crypto asset lending transactions, as well as crypto asset-specific M&A transactions.
Erika joined Leon Alcala’s Public Finance practice as a Law Clerk and is aiming to become a dual UK and U.S. licensed attorney in the near future. She is anticipating becoming admitted to the State Bar of Texas, pending successful completion of the Texas Bar Exam.
Solicitors Regulation Authority of England and Wales
Public Finance