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Rajab Abbassi

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 focuses on corporate transactions in the insurance industry, and he has advised on many of the most significant transactions in the industry over the last 20 years. He regularly advises on mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance transactions, joint venture transactions and strategic investments, as well as securities offerings and other corporate transactions. Rajab also frequently counsels boards of directors and senior management on strategic and governance matters. · Kirkland & Ellis LLP

United StatesCorporate, Financial Institutions

About

Rajab Abbassi is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, focusing on corporate transactions in the insurance industry. He advises on mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance transactions, joint venture transactions, strategic investments, securities offerings, and other corporate matters, and counsels boards of directors and senior management on strategic and governance matters.

Practice areas

CorporateFinancial InstitutionsInsurance Transactions & RegulatoryMergers & AcquisitionsReinsurance TransactionsJoint VenturesStrategic InvestmentsSecurities OfferingsCorporate Governance

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Expertise

Insurance IndustryCorporate TransactionsReinsuranceJoint VenturesStrategic InvestmentsSecurities OfferingsCorporate Governance

Education

  • Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2004
  • Rutgers University, B.A., 2000