Rajat Rana endured a significant homecoming when transitioning his investment treaty arbitration practice from Alston & Bird to Selendy Gay Elsberg over the summer. His early legal endeavors were rooted in the New York office at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, many years prior to Selendy Gay’s founders discreetly departed Quinn to create their one-office trial firm back in 2018. Read more about Rana’s transition here.
Rana’s strategic move perpetuates a global trend observed amidst international arbitration lawyers. Many find themselves exiting larger global firms, such as Freshfields, Clifford Chance, and Sherman & Sterling, to practice in more intimate, dispute-focused settings.
Unlike many of his contemporaries who branched out to form their boutique firms, Rana chose to join forces with an existing litigation firm. In a recent interview, Rana elaborated on this career progression and the overarching patterns in arbitrations involving bilateral investment treaties.