Rajiv Khanna

Rajiv is recognized as a New York Super Lawyer and is also recognized as a Recommended Attorney by Legal 500. Rajiv has been a partner of number of leading U.S. law firms for over 30 years.

He is the architect of many seminal path-breaking transactions, including the first proposed reverse merger of an Indian privately held corporation with a NASDAQ-listed, publicly traded U.S. company; the first merger of a U.S. private company with a publicly traded Indian company; the first merger of a NYSE-listed Indian company with a NASDAQ-listed U.S. company and the first triple-dip aircraft financing, which allowed full depreciation to be claimed in the U.S., Japan and India for the same aircraft.

Rajiv uses not only his legal acumen, but also his business education to understand his clients’ needs and their business functions and objectives. He takes a practical and solutions-oriented approach to each transaction as he works through legal issues, always keeping his client’s ultimate business goals in mind. Rajiv focuses his practice on M&A, capital markets, project finance and other corporate transactions.

He has particularly strong experience in India-U.S. cross-border transactions. Rajiv has also supervised numerous litigations, internal investigations, SEC investigations, FCPA investigations and U.S. Department of Justice criminal proceedings.