Rafe Khokhar

Rafe Khokhar is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Capital Markets group. Rafe’s practice focuses on capital markets transactions in the emerging markets. He regularly advises sovereigns, corporates and financial institutions on bond issuances, Islamic sukuk financings, including on Sharia-compliant financial products, liability management transactions and bank regulatory capital issues.

Rafe has extensive experience representing both underwriters and issuers with respect to securities issued in accordance with Regulation S and Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. He also works closely with major international stock exchanges and has led on listings on the London Stock Exchange, the Euronext Dublin, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, the Taipei Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Dubai and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.

• “He is a very well-experienced lawyer with a robust understanding of capital markets in the MENA region. I highly recommend him as one of the best lawyers in the debt capital markets field.” – Capital Markets: Debt respondent, Chambers Global Guide
• Up and Coming: Capital Markets: Debt (United Arab Emirates)
• Notable Practitioner, Capital Markets (United Arab Emirates), IFLR1000

• London School of Economics and Political Science, LLB (Hons)
• College of Law, LPC, Distinction

• England and Wales

Pro Bono

Seconded to Law For All, a legal charity based in East Acton in London, advising on housing, employment and family matters.