Rajat Rana’s clients call him a master strategist who brings his relentless work ethic to every matter.
Rajat represents founders, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, hedge funds, and multinational companies in complex, high-value litigations and arbitrations across the United States and abroad. He is especially sought out by companies in emerging technologies—fintech, clean energy, and other technology driven businesses—while also representing clients in other industries. Rajat has managed some of the most complex parallel arbitrations globally, including landmark commercial disputes on behalf of private equity firms against multiple sovereign states.
Clients turn to Rajat to design pre-litigation and pre-arbitration strategies and then to lead an aggressive litigation in their most sensitive matters. Known for his hands-on approach, responsiveness, and clear, practice advice, Rajat is consistently recognized as a “Future Leader” in Arbitration by Who’s Who Legal and has been named a “One to Watch” by Best Lawyers. Clients value his ability to understand their commercial objectives and to give forthright guidance that drives results.
Rajat earned a JD from University of Virginia School of Law and a master’s degree from Stanford Law School. His diverse legal experiences include working for the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia.
- JSW Steel
- Qalaa Holdings
- Construtora OAS S.A.
- Hamburg Commercial Bank
- Koch Industries
- Republic of Malta
- Obtained a $126 million Partial Final Award for a Brazilian company in a highway construction dispute against a state-owned company in Trinidad & Tobago.
- Represented Saama Technologies, Inc.’s former CEO and shareholder representative in an earnout litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery
- Represented a global pharmaceutical company in a commercial arbitration in New York.
- Represented one of the world’s largest chemical companies in a contract dispute in Delaware.
- Represented India’s second largest private bank in a litigation in the Southern District of New York.
- Represented Middle Eastern investors in parallel commercial arbitrations against Uganda and Kenya involving wrongful termination of a railway concession.
- Represented monoline bond insurer MBIA Insurance Corporation against Bank of America, Countrywide Financial Corporation, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., and various subsidiaries and affiliates in an action arising out of fraudulent misrepresentations and breaches of contract in connection with residential mortgage back securitizations.
- Represented a Chinese State-owned company in matters pertaining to an infrastructure investment in Southern Africa.
- Represented foreign investors in an international arbitration against East African states under a contract under public international law.
- Represented the Republic of Malta in its first ever ICSID arbitration commenced by a Chinese investor in relation to a Maltese bank under the China-Malta Bilateral Investment Treaty.
- Represented foreign investors in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Azerbaijan pertaining to a joint venture with SOCAR, the state-owned oil company, under the Energy Charter Treaty
- Represented Middle Eastern investors in an international arbitration against the Republic of Algeria involving cement plants under the Algeria-Egypt Bilateral Investment Treaty.
- Represented a foreign investor in an ICSID Additional Facility arbitration against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
- Represented a German investor in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Croatia.
- Represented a multinational oil and gas company against the Republic of Croatia in an arbitration brought at the ICSID under the Energy Charter Treaty, as well as a related arbitration brought by Croatia under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.
- Represented a Chinese company in a commercial arbitration under the ICC rules.
- Represented a large Indian textile company in an investor state arbitration dispute against the Republic of Uzbekistan under the Dutch-India Bilateral Investment Treaty.
- Represented a Russian investor in an arbitration involving the expropriation of a bank that was driven into bankruptcy by the Lithuanian state.
- Represented a major cement company as respondent in an ICC arbitration that awarded claimant zero and awarded millions of dollars to respondent based on a counterclaim.
- Domestic U.S. Arbitration
- Energy Sector Disputes
- International Disputes
- International Arbitration
- Life Sciences Litigation
- Litigation Representing Plaintiffs
- Middle East & North Africa Practice
- Sovereign Litigation, Arbitration and Workouts
- Global Asset Recovery Practice
- Crisis Law & Strategy Group
- Accounting & Financial Reporting Litigation
- Investment Fund Litigation
- Corporate Governance Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation
- India Disputes Practice
- University of Virginia School of Law
(J.D., 2010) - Stanford Law School
(J.S.M., 2008)
- The State Bar of New York
- The District of Columbia Bar
- United States Courts of Appeals:
- Second Circuit
- Third Circuit
- Fourth Circuit
- Fifth Circuit
- Tenth Circuit
- United States District Courts:
- Southern District of New York
- Eastern District of New York
- Hindi
- Selendy Gay
- Partner, 2023-2025
- Alston & Bird
- Partner, 2023
- Senior Associate, 2018-2023
- Who’s Who Legal, Commercial Litigation and Arbitration (2024)
- Who’s Who Legal, “Future Leaders”, Arbitration (2024)
- Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” (2024)
- Who's Who Legal: "Future Leader" (2023)
- Rajat is on the NY Tri-State Board of the American Indian Foundation.