Mr Rajab Abbassi > Kirkland & Ellis LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Rajab Abbassi
Position
Rajab Abbassi is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and a member of the Financial Institutions and Insurance Transactions & Regulatory practice groups. Rajab’s practice is focused on complex corporate transactions in the insurance industry. He advises strategic clients and private equity sponsors on mergers and acquisitions, joint venture transactions, reinsurance transactions, strategic investments, public and private securities offerings and other corporate transactions, and on other matters of corporate and securities law. He also advises boards of directors and senior management on strategic and governance matters.
Education
Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2004; Rutgers University, B.A., 2000.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
Kirkland & Ellis LLP‘s insurance practice offers comprehensive guidance on a variety of high-profile transactions, including M&A, reinsurance, joint ventures, securities offerings, and regulatory matters. Serving a diverse clientele that includes insurers, reinsurers, private equity firms, InsurTech firms, and other participants in the insurance industry, the firm provides tailored solutions to meet the specific needs of each client. Based in New York, Rajab Abbassi brings extensive experience in corporate transactions within the insurance sector, as well as expertise in strategic and governance matters. Parimah Hassouri, also in New York, complements the practice with a focus on insurance regulatory matters, providing regular counsel to both US and international insurers on a wide range of regulatory and corporate issues across various insurance sectors. Her client base encompasses entities operating in life, health, property and casualty, and title insurance industries, as well as private equity funds and other sponsors. Another key member, Kimberly Meng Han, also operating from New York, specializes in representing public companies, private equity sponsors, and private entities in a diverse array of complex business transactions, with a particular emphasis on the insurance industry.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Government > Government relations
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Government > State attorneys general
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism