Lawyers

Aziz Rahman

Aziz Rahman

Rahman Ravelli, Yorkshire And The Humber

Work Department

International regulation and corporate crime

Position

As founder and senior partner at Rahman Ravelli, Aziz Rahman orchestrates the firm’s ever-increasing national and international caseload and has a client list that includes some of the most high-profile corporations, professionals and high net worth individuals.

His flair for co-ordinating defences in national, international and multi-agency investigations has led to success in some of the century’s most significant white-collar crime cases.

He is known for his expertise in serious and corporate fraud, complex crime, sanctions, bribery and corruption and compliance and regulatory matters. His current workload includes the most notable global corruption investigations, high-value cross-border frauds, major sanctions proceedings and DPA negotiations.

Aziz also advises corporates and senior business and world figures on sanctions matters, heavyweight cross-border commercial disputes, high-value asset recovery proceedings and top-level international arbitration cases involving corporate wrongdoing allegations.

He is also known for being a solicitor with an ability to identify and become involved in the emerging international issues as they arise. These have included Ponzi fraud, Libor, Forex, Cum-Ex and cryptocurrency.

He has a growing list of national and international clients who want him to carry out internal corporate investigations to identify wrongdoing and self-report it in order to achieve a civil, rather than criminal, resolution.

Career

Admitted in 1999, he established Rahman Ravelli in 2001.

Languages

Bengali.

Memberships

Specialist Fraud Panel, Fraud Advisory Panel, Financial Services Lawyers, Association (FSLA), Fraud Lawyers Association (FLA), International Bar, Association (IBA), American Bar Association (ABA), Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association (POCLA) and BLD.

Education

College of Law, York (1996 LLB (Hons)).