Rahul K. Patel
Rahul Patel represents issuers, underwriters, and institutional investors in a wide range of complex public and private capital-raising transactions, with an aggregate career deal sheet exceeding $150 billion. Named a 2026 Law360 Rising Star in capital markets, Rahul is regularly called upon to execute high-stakes offerings involving novel regulatory, disclosure, and structural considerations, guiding clients through first-of-their-kind transactions across evolving market conventions. His work has been recognized by IFLR as Equity Deal of the Year and by SPACInsider as De-SPAC Deal of the Year.
Having previously served as an attorney-advisor in the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporation Finance, Rahul advises corporate and financial institution clients on initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-on and secondary offerings, at-the-market (ATM) equity programs, private investments in public equity (PIPEs), cross-border de-SPAC transactions, and investment-grade, high-yield, and convertible debt offerings, as well as liability management transactions.
Rahul also counsels public companies, boards of directors, and board committees on corporate governance and ongoing federal securities law compliance, including periodic SEC reporting, proxy statements, and stock exchange listing standards. His practice spans a broad range of industries, including financial services, energy and utilities, life sciences and biotechnology, industrials, technology, digital assets and fintech, retail, and real estate investment trusts.
- Cencora, Inc. $1.8 billion senior notes offering and related debt financing in connection with its $4.6 billion acquisition of Retina Consultants of America
- Bullish $1.3 billion IPO
- FMC Corporation debut $1.2 billion high-yield senior secured notes offering
- Kyivstar Group Ltd. business combination with Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I, resulting in the first US listing of a Ukrainian company (De-SPAC Deal of the Year by SPACInsider)
- ProCap Financial, Inc. $750 million of bitcoin treasury private placements in connection with the business combination involving ProCap BTC, LLC and Columbus Circle Capital Corp. I
- AmeriGas Partners, L.P. and AmeriGas Finance Corp. in $1.15 billion senior notes offerings and concurrent cash tender offers
- Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation $271 million public secondary offering
- uniQure N.V. $259 million follow-on public offering
- StableCoinX Assets Inc. $530 million private placement (IFLR Americas Equity Deal of the Year 2026)
- TON Strategy Co. $558 million private placement
- The Bancorp, Inc. $200 million senior notes offering
- Replimune Group Inc. $150 million follow-on public offering
- BTC Development Corp. $253 million IPO
- FirstEnergy/TrAILCo $600 million debt refinancing
- Collective Acquisition Corp. II $220 million IPO
- Cypherpunk Technologies Inc. $58.88 million private placement in connection with its crypto treasury reverse merger and subsequent $200 million ATM equity offering program
Selected Matters Prior to Joining Morgan Lewis
Debt and Liability Management
- A large US bank holding company in $17 billion of investment grade debt offerings
- Uniti Group Inc. high-yield senior notes offerings totaling $4.63 billion, including $2.25 billion of senior secured notes, and related cash tender offers and consent solicitations
- PerkinElmer, Inc. investment grade debt offerings totaling $3.95 billion
- Ligado Networks LLC first- and second-lien senior secured notes totaling $3.85 billion
- The AES Corporation senior secured notes and equity unit offerings totaling $3.44 billion, including green bond issuances and related tender offers and consent solicitations
- Clarivate Plc in $2 billion of senior secured and senior notes offerings, approximately $1.5 billion of follow-on equity and secondary offerings, a $2.15 billion term loan refinancing, and a $1.8 billion debt exchange offer
- Ally Financial Inc. investment grade debt offerings totaling $2.75 billion
- Honeywell International Inc. investment grade debt offerings totaling $2.5 billion
- Corteva, Inc. $1.2 billion investment grade debt offering
- General Mills, Inc. $750 million and €600 million investment grade debt offerings
- The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. $600 million investment grade debt offering
- Primo Water Corporation $750 million high-yield senior notes offering
- W.W. Grainger, Inc. $500 million investment grade debt offering
- Century Communities, Inc. $500 million high-yield senior notes offering
- Signature Bank subordinated notes, depositary share, and follow-on equity offerings totaling approximately $2.44 billion
- L Brands, Inc. $1 billion revolving credit facility refinancing and related notes consent solicitations
Equity
- Post Holdings Partnership $300 million IPO
- Aptiv PLC concurrent ordinary share and mandatory convertible preferred share offerings totaling $2.2 billion
- a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. $110 million IPO
- Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. $894.4 million secondary block trade
- MicroStrategy Incorporated $750 million ATM equity offering program
- TKO Group Holdings, Inc. $666 million secondary offering
- Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. $458.8 million IPO
- AZZ Inc. $322 million follow-on public offering
- Overstock.com, Inc. $204 million follow-on public offering
- Stewart Information Services Corporation $115 million follow-on public offering
- Callaway Golf Company $259 million convertible senior notes offering
- OPKO Health, Inc. $230 million convertible senior notes offering
- Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. $163 million follow-on public offering
- Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. $200 million equity line financing
SPACs, PIPEs, and De-SPAC Transactions
- Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. $1.035 billion IPO
- Warburg Pincus Capital Corporation I-A $250 million IPO
- Warburg Pincus Capital Corporation I-B $548.75 million IPO
- Silver Spike Acquisition Corp. $250 million IPO, $575 million business combination with WM Holding Company, and related $325 million PIPE financing
- Silver Spike Acquisition Corp. II $250 million IPO and $446 million de-SPAC business combination with Eleusis
- Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II $350 million IPO
- ArcLight Clean Transition Corp. $415 million PIPE financing in connection with its business combination with Proterra Inc.
- CITIC Capital Acquisition Corp. $276 million IPO
- Jiya Acquisition Corp. $100 million IPO
Selected Strategic Transactions
- The Charles Schwab Corporation $26 billion all-stock acquisition of TD Ameritrade
- Clarivate Plc $6.8 billion acquisition of CPA Global, including related acquisition financing transactions
- Clarivate Plc $5.3 billion acquisition of ProQuest, including $4.59 billion of concurrent debt and equity financings and related acquisition financing transactions
- Hilltop Holdings Inc. $400 million Dutch auction cash tender offer
- GTT Communications emergence from Chapter 11 restructuring
Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
- Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, 2013, J.D.
- University of Rochester, 2010, B.S. in applied mathematics; B.A. in financial economics
- New York
- New Jersey
- US Supreme Court
Rising Star, Capital Markets, Law360 (2026)
Recipient, Americas Equity Deal of the Year, IFLR (2026)
Recommended, Finance: Capital markets: debt offerings, The Legal 500 US (2026)
Listed, De-SPAC Deal of the Year, SPACInsider (2025)
Member, Best ETF Law Firm, ETF Express US Awards (2025)
No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. A description of the selection methodology for the above awards can be found here.