AWARDS
Rahat has been ranked as a “Next Generation Partner” in Banking and Finance: Corporate Finance (Including Islamic Lending).
Legal 500
Rahat is ranked as “Up and Coming” in Banking and Finance.
Chambers Global 2025
TESTIMONIALS
“Rahat Hussain Dar is a superb, knowledgeable and trusted lawyer.”
Chambers Global 2025
“Rahat is extraordinary in his understanding of complex requirements of customer, His very quick response to offer options and solutions. Very professional in his approach.”
Legal 500 2025
“Mr. Rahat Dar was the lead lawyer in all of the projects that we have done and he offered a personal service and interface to the law firm. Having qualified in the UK, he offers a good balance of European and GCC commercial legal knowledge and I would strongly recommend him for corporate work.”
Legal 500 2024
“Over the past five years we have been working with Rahat Dar. Rahat is a great person and lawyer to work with. He is courteous, knowledgeable, accurate and always very professional. We are confident of his advice and opinion and we always rely on. It is really a pleasure to work with such a lawyer, which is also a reflection of the good genuine culture and service of the company and its management.”
Legal 500 2024
“Rahat Dar is an excellent lawyer who has a very good understanding of matters. He provides very good clarity, is very sharp in understanding his client’s viewpoint and provides advice which helps prompt decision-making.”
Chambers Global 2024
“Rahat is a strong all-rounder who is very available.”
Chambers Global 2024
“Rahat Dar delivered excellent work very quickly and was happy to go beyond the call of duty.”
Legal 500 2023
“Rahat Dar is approachable, efficient, honest, and transparent.”
Legal 500 2023
“Rahat Dar is very quick and always on time with good quality work.”
Legal 500 2023
“Rahat is able to quickly read through documents and provide analysis or clarifications. He is confident and precise in his responses and is conversant with both UAE and English law.”
Chambers Global 2022
Clients laud him for being “always solution-ready.”
Chambers Global 2021
Rahat joined Afridi & Angell in 2011. His practice includes banking and finance, M&A and general corporate matters. Rahat has advised companies and financial institutions on a range of financing transactions, including conventional and Islamic finance. He has extensive experience in working with bank Shari’a and Fatwa supervisory boards, and independent Shari’a scholars, in structuring a variety of Islamic financing transactions (including, Istisna’a, Ijara, Murabaha, Musharaka and Mudaraba). Rahat has also advised local and overseas companies on a range of corporate and capital markets transactions, including cross-border acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, distribution and IPOs.
Prior to joining Afridi & Angell, Rahat was a corporate associate in the London offices of Hogan Lovells and Dorsey & Whitney, where he advised on a wide range of international mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and secondary offerings in the US and UK (AIM and the Official List).