Raj S. Panasar is a partner based in the London office.
Mr. Panasar's practice focuses on international financing transactions. He represents corporate issuers and financial institutions in public and private international equity, high yield and other debt offerings, and also advises on syndicated bank lending transactions and leveraged finance.
A recognized expert on complex listings under the new EU prospectus regime and a member of the London Stock Exchange’s Primary Markets Group, he has represented many issuers, including major emerging market companies, in their IPOs and London Stock Exchange listings, as well as representing leading investment banks as underwriters of high profile capital markets transactions. He has also advised on many high yield and other leveraged finance transactions.
Mr. Panasar has been distinguished as a leading capital markets lawyer by
Chambers Global,
Chambers Europe,
Chambers UK and
The Legal 500 UK.
Mr. Panasar joined the firm in 1997 and became a partner in 2007. He joined Goldman Sachs in London in 2000, where he worked for one year. He rejoined the firm in 2001. Mr. Panasar received an LLB law degree from the London School of Economics.
Mr. Panasar is co-editor of and a key contributor to
European Securities Law, a comprehensive guide to the law and regulations that govern Europe's capital markets (First Edition Oxford University Press, 2010).
Mr. Panasar is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and is a member of the Bar in New York.