NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Realty Capital ("ARC") today announced a record year in 2012 for advisory transactions as well as several senior-level additions to its investment banking and capital markets team. Capital markets highlights include: American Realty Capital currently advises $13.5 billion of registered public programs in offering. The company has arranged $1.8 billion of debt capital markets transactions and advised on $11.3 billion of mergers and capital markets activities. New hires include: The new hires join a team of approximately 300 professionals and staff members at ARC and its FINRA member broker dealer subsidiary, Realty Capital Securities. Both firms experienced significant growth in 2012, attracting senior talent from top legal, investment banking, sales and capital markets disciplines.